Staff Post-Silicon Validation Engineer

Achronix Semiconductor Corporation is a fabless semiconductor corporation based in Santa Clara, California, offering high-performance FPGA solutions. Achronix is the only supplier to have both high-performance and high-density standalone FPGAs and embedded FPGA (eFPGA) solutions in high-volume production. Achronix’s FPGA and eFPGA IP offerings are further enhanced by ready-to-use PCIe accelerator cards targeting AI, ML, networking and data center applications. All of Achronix’s products are supported by best-in-class EDA software tools.

Job Description/ResponsibilitiesThe successful candidate will lead a team of post-silicon validation engineers towards the productization of high-performance FPGAs in 7nm and below. His or her responsibilities will include the following:

• Working with leading-edge protocols, including PCIe Gen5, 400Gbps Ethernet, die-to-die communications and high-speed external memory interfaces like GDDR6, HBM and DDR5
• Driving the bring-up, hardware validation and debug of new FPGA products; tracking the bringup and validation schedules through to completion
• Owning the generation and maintenance of detailed test plans based on specifications, outlining validation experiments and procedures
• Selection, acquisition and set-up of required test equipment and software, leveraging automation wherever possible
• Analyzing results and measurements, developing visualizations to assist in deeper understanding of data
• Collaborating with hardware and software teams to resolve hardware issues and optimize results
• Collaborating with the operations team to optimize parametric yield from high volume ATE tests
• Mentoring and guiding junior engineers

Skills and Qualifications

• MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering with 8+ Years of experience in post-silicon validation
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Perl and TCL
• Proficiency in tools and methods for data collection and organization
• Expertise in high-end serial protocols like PCIe Gen3/4/5 and 100/200/400Gbps Ethernet, high speed external memory interfaces, memory protocols like DDR4/5 and PLLs and IO standards
• Familiarity with test and measurement equipment – high-bandwidth Oscilloscopes, BERTs, serial and memory protocol analyzers and exercisers
• Familiarity with signal integrity and power integrity aspects of high speed interfaces, packages, PCBs and measurement equipment is a plus
• Experience with FPGA design and implementation is desirable
• Excellent debugging skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills