Lead Validation Engineer (UWB)

We are seeking an experienced Validation Engineer with expertise in Pre-Silicon and Post-Silicon validation of SoCs/ASICs, extensive knowledge of high-speed and low-speed peripheral interfaces, and strong Embedded Software/Firmware development skills. The ideal candidate will drive validation strategy, test development, debug, silicon bring-up, and product qualification activities from architecture review through production readiness.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in Pre-Silicon and Post-Silicon Validation.
• Strong understanding of SoC architecture and subsystem interactions.
• Experience with ARM-based multicore SoCs and embedded systems.
• Deep understanding of hardware-software interaction.
• Experience with lab equipment and protocol analyzers.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.

• →Review architecture, micro-architecture, and design specifications for SoC/IP features.
• →Develop validation plans, test strategies, and coverage metrics.
• →Work closely with Design, Verification, Firmware, and Architecture teams to ensure feature completeness and quality.

• →Develop and execute validation test plans on FPGA, Emulation, and Silicon platforms.
• →Develop validation plan for stress test scenarios for subsystem and SoC-level
• →Lead first-silicon bring-up and characterization activities.
• →Validate functional correctness and compliance.
• →Debug silicon issues using logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, oscilloscopes, SWD, and trace tools.
• →Root cause failures and drive corrective actions with cross-functional teams.
• →Support customer issue resolution and field failure analysis.

• →Strong experience validating and debugging for the peripherals QSPI, XSPI, I2S, UART, SPI, I2C/I3C, CAN / CAN-FD, LIN
• →Peripheral Compliance and interoperability testing.
  • →Throughput-Speed, latency, stress, and error injection testing.
  • →PHY and controller-level debug.

• →Develop Embedded C firmware for silicon validation.
• →Create board bring-up software and diagnostic frameworks.
• →Develop bare-metal, RTOS, based validation applications.
• →Driver development and debugging for peripheral interfaces.
• →Implement test automation frameworks for silicon validation.
• →Develop scripts using Python, Shell, or Perl for automation and data analysis.
• →Analyze boot flow, initialization sequences, and firmware interactions.
• →Debug firmware, hardware, and system-level issues.

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