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Principal Validation Engineer

Mountain View, California, Hillsboro, Oregon, Austin, Texas, Redmond, Washington
Full-time
Posted 12/4/2025
Direct Apply
Key Skills:
Post-Silicon Validation
SoC Validation
Python
C/C++
Hardware Debug
Leadership
Computer Architecture
High-speed IO
Board Level Schematics
System Software

Compensation

Salary Range

$90K - 130K a year

Responsibilities

Develop and execute post-silicon validation strategies, write and implement test plans, debug hardware/software failures, and lead cross-functional teams.

Requirements

Doctorate or equivalent experience with 3+ years in technical engineering, expertise in SoC validation, scripting in Python/C++, hardware/software debug, leadership, and collaboration skills.

Full Description

Develop validation strategy, requirements, environments, tools, and methodologies including debug board and hardware/software requirements Apply your knowledge of validation principles and techniques and your judgement to write test plans and implement them by developing test content, scripts, tools, and other verification collateral Execute content in post-silicon, triage, and debug failures Apply your growth mindset to learn and adapt in a complex and dynamic environment Engage with partners to drive continuous improvement to design, validation plans/collateral, and methodology to prevent, reduce, and/or find bugs sooner, more easily, or more reliably Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to other engineers in your areas of expertise Collaborate with and influence architects, logic designers, verification engineers, other post-silicon validators, and IP and tool providers Delight your customers by providing high quality results on schedule Provide technical leadership with respect and integrity Apply your expertise towards pre-silicon verification plans, tests, and debug of your area Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience. Applied understanding of Computer Architecture and SoC validation principles, including: Broad understanding of SoC subsystem, SoC system level, and platform level functionality Writing scripts/software with industry standard languages such as Python or C/C++. Leadership experience driving Post-Silicon validation and characterization and successful execution Demonstrated success in running cross-disciplinary taskforces Verification, logic design or validation experience as part of a CPU, SoC and/or IP development team. Proven leadership skills Experience with high-speed IO (ethernet, PCIe) Understanding of board level schematics Understanding of system level software and firmware Demonstrated success in hardware/software debug efforts Communication, collaboration and teamwork skills and ability to lead, grow, and contribute to diverse and inclusive teams Hands on expertise debugging silicon failures using on chip debug features (like trace or JTAG) as well as test equipment (like protocol analyzers, bit error rate testers, logic analyzers, high speed oscilloscopes)

This job posting was last updated on 12/5/2025

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