K2 Space
Senior Mixed-Signal Post-Silicon Validation Engineer
$170K–$250K
Seattle, WA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 21, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
Seattle, Washington, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of mixed-signal silicon validation, characterization, product engineering, or related experience.
- Education
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
About the job
Bring up, characterize, and validate mixed-signal SoCs from first silicon through product integration, developing test infrastructure and debugging performance across chip and system environments.
What you'll do
- Bring up and characterize mixed-signal silicon, developing test plans and measuring converter and analog performance across operating conditions.
- Build automated test setups for characterization, regression, data collection, analysis, and reporting; correlate measurements with simulations and models.
- Debug issues across silicon, firmware, package, PCB, test setup, and system behavior, and support product integration and system-level testing.
What they ask for
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- 5+ years of mixed-signal silicon validation, characterization, product engineering, or related experience.
- Strong understanding of ADC, DAC, PLL, clocking, analog fundamentals, signal integrity, noise, and mixed-signal measurement techniques.
- Hands-on experience with mixed-signal lab instrumentation and developing automated characterization environments using Python or similar scripting languages.
Nice to have
- RF/mmWave mixed-signal SoC experience or high-speed/RF-sampling ADC and DAC experience.
- Familiarity with JESD204, FPGA-based test platforms, embedded firmware, or automated PVT characterization.
Pay
$170,000 – $250,000 USD base salary
Tools
ADC, DAC, PLL, Python, JESD204, FPGA
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