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Silicon Validation Engineer, Infra Silicon
$178K–$250K
Sunnyvale, CA · Full-time · Posted Jul 8, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in silicon validation, hardware systems engineering, or post-silicon bring-up; 8+ years with pre-silicon validation environments.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads end-to-end validation of custom infrastructure ASICs and accelerators, from pre-silicon planning through post-silicon bring-up and data-center deployment.
What you'll do
- Define and lead functional, performance, reliability, and power validation across pre- and post-silicon phases.
- Drive silicon bring-up, debug, characterization, and root-cause analysis; develop validation automation and diagnostic tools.
- Collaborate across design, architecture, firmware, and systems teams to guide productization and address fleet-level failures.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of experience in silicon validation, hardware systems engineering, or post-silicon bring-up for custom ASICs, SoCs, or accelerators.
- 8+ years of experience with pre-silicon validation environments, including RTL simulation, emulation platforms, or FPGA prototyping.
- Experience with post-silicon debug tools and methods, and developing validation automation or diagnostics using Python, C, or C++.
Nice to have
- Experience with data center infrastructure silicon in large-scale fleet environments.
- Experience with design-for-testability, server architecture, power and thermal characterization, reliability testing, or yield analysis.
Pay
$178,000/year to $250,000/year (base salary)
Tools
RTL simulation, Python, C, C++, JTAG, PCIe, DDR, FPGA
AI focus
Validation of custom-designed accelerators, including AI/ML accelerators.
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