Staff Engineer, Validation

Location: Hyderabad, India

Employment Type: Regular (PERM)

Remote Work Available: No

Job Overview

We are seeking a technically strong and proactive Post-Silicon System Validation / Functional Validation Engineer to drive the planning, execution, and debug of system-level validation of IP and SoC/MCU designs. This role is critical in verifying functional correctness, feature compliance, performance, and robustness of silicon devices across use cases, voltage/temperature corners, and real application conditions.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute post-silicon system and functional validation of automotive SoCs/MCUs to ensure functional correctness, robustness, and performance.
• Own feature-level validation plans, test strategies, and coverage matrices aligned with architecture and design specifications.
• Execute validation of boot flows, power/clock/reset, memory subsystems, interconnects, and interfaces across stress, corner, and fault scenarios.
• Drive system bring-up on evaluation boards, emulation/FPGA platforms, and silicon validation setups.
• Develop and maintain test firmware, diagnostics, automation scripts, and stress tools to exercise system features.
• Perform hands-on silicon debug and root cause analysis, working closely with design, DV, firmware, and software teams to drive closure.
• Analyze validation data and logs, track issues through structured closure, and contribute to quality metrics.
• Support escape-prevention efforts by identifying coverage gaps, corner cases, and robustness risks.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance within the validation team.
• Contribute to validation readiness reports, risk assessments, and release sign-off inputs.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• B.E./B. Tech or M.E./M. Tech in Electronics, Electrical, or Computer Engineering.
• 3 to 12 years of experience in post-silicon validation, system validation, or embedded SoC bring-up.
• Strong understanding of SoC architecture, ARM cores (A/M series), peripherals, power/clock/reset, and low-power design techniques.
• Experience validating high-speed interfaces (e.g., DDR, USB, PCIe, MIPI, Ethernet) and standard protocols (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, LIN, FlexRay, etc.).
• Proficiency in C/C++ or embedded programming for firmware development and test automation.
• Hands-on experience with lab tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power analyzers, thermal sensors).
• Familiarity with validation frameworks, debug utilities (JTAG, Lauterbach, OpenOCD), and issue tracking systems (JIRA, Bugzilla).
• Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Experience with AI frameworks for SoC Validation efficiency and quality gain (e.g., validation-specific AI agents, Cody AI for content development).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to work effectively in a multicultural, cross-functional environment.
• Familiarity with automotive technical trends.
• Self-starter with a proactive mindset and strong analytical and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Experience in validation of Neural Processing Unit (NPU) or AI accelerator HW functionality on SoC.