SambaNova
Principal Post-Silicon Validation Engineer
$180K–$255K
San Jose, California, United States · Principal · Full-time · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years in post-silicon validation or system bring-up.
- Education
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Own post-silicon bring-up, debug, and validation of high-speed IO and memory subsystems for the DataScale platform, from first silicon through field deployment.
What you'll do
- Lead subsystem characterization, validation, stress testing, performance analysis, and system-level debug to root cause.
- Coordinate issue resolution across design, firmware, verification, system, and customer engineering teams; own validation sign-off for product release.
- Develop debug infrastructure, scripts, and tooling; contribute to pre-silicon verification and improve validation methodology.
What they ask for
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 7+ years of experience in post-silicon validation or system bring-up.
- Experience with two or more high-speed IO or memory protocols, such as PCIe, Ethernet, HBM, CXL, or UCIe.
- Proficiency in scripting such as Python and bash; proven ability to lead cross-functional debug to root cause and closure.
Nice to have
- Deep understanding of high-speed SerDes training and adaptation; experience with mixed-signal IO design and validation.
- Hands-on lab experience with oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and BERTs; experience with optical interconnect or ability to read and debug C/C++.
Pay
$180,000 — $255,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
PCIe, Ethernet, HBM, CXL, UCIe, Python, bash, C/C++
AI focus
Validates high-speed IO and memory subsystems in hardware supporting AI systems; no AI model development work is stated.
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