Post-Silicon Validation Engineer, New Grad

About the Team

The Post-Silicon Validation team brings up, debugs, and validates the high-speed IO and memory subsystems in SambaNova systems. We characterize and stress test silicon, root-cause issues across silicon, board, and software, and build our own debug tools and automation.

About the Role

As a new grad Post-Silicon Validation Engineer, you'll test new RDU silicon in the lab. You'll run characterization and stress tests on interfaces like PCIe, Ethernet, and HBM, write Python scripts to automate testing and analyze results, and help debug issues with the design, firmware, and system teams.

Responsibilities

Run functional, characterization, stress, and performance tests on high-speed IO and memory subsystems

Write scripts to automate validation, debug, and data analysis

Help debug issues across silicon, board, and software with design, firmware, and system teams

Use lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and protocol analyzers to diagnose failures

Support bring-up of new silicon and systems

Feed findings back to pre-silicon verification to improve coverage

Required Qualifications

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Coursework or project experience in digital design, computer architecture, or high-speed interfaces

Scripting experience in Python or bash

Strong analytical and data analysis skills

Preferred Qualifications

M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Familiarity with PCIe, Ethernet, HBM, CXL, or UCIe

Hands-on lab experience with oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, or BERTs

Familiarity with SerDes concepts

Ability to read and debug C/C++

Internship experience in validation, bring-up, or hardware test

Base Salary Range:

Base Pay Range

$120,000—$150,000 USD