Senior Silicon Validation Engineer
Sunnyvale, CA, USA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Experience
- 8 years.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads bring-up, validation, characterization, and qualification of custom silicon products, with a focus on TPU subsystems and system performance.
What you'll do
- Own silicon bring-up and New Product Introduction phases, validating ASIC subsystems including boot, PCIe, memory, compute cores, and power.
- Develop and maintain validation tests and test plans with architecture, design, and software teams.
- Characterize, qualify, and debug systems across pre-silicon and post-silicon platforms; provide feedback to improve power, performance, and reliability.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience with hardware engineering, ASIC digital design, design validation, test planning, and test design.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in a related technical field.
- Experience with silicon validation, NPI, custom silicon bring-up, characterization, and qualification.
Pay
$163000 - $236000 USD (base salary)
Tools
TPU, ASIC, PCIe, HBM, SRAM
AI focus
Validates TPU silicon and subsystems that support AI/ML hardware acceleration and applications.
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