System Validation Engineer

Job Description

The Product Engineering’s SOC team is looking for a systems validation who is passionate about working on the leading-edge products, debugging and solving technical issues and delivering the best products in the market to the customer. You would be responsible for ensuring the testability and manufacturability of integrated circuits from the component feasibility stage through production ramp. This could include evaluation, development and debug of test methods. Creating and testing validation and production test hardware solutions. Analyzing and evaluating component specification versus performance to ensure optimal yield while delivering to test time and quality goals. Analyzing early customer returns with emphasis on driving test hole closure activities. Creating innovative solutions to optimize quality and cost constraints.

In this role you will support client PCH Systems team in Folsom which requires collaborating worldwide with cross-functional teams including design, validation, software, high volume manufacturing (HVM) and fabs . Systems team is responsible for platform enabling, partnering with content, BIOS, Automation teams to develop improved test methodologies and manufacturing test solutions. Your team will also drive execution of validation plans, debug of failures, and its deployment to high volume factories. You will be part of a team supporting electrical validation of Intel’s cutting-edge HSIOs such as PCIe, TBT, USB3.X, BT/WIFI, USF etc.

Qualifications:

You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates. Experience listed below would be obtained through a combination of your schoolwork/classes/research and/or relevant previous job and/or internship experiences. This is an entry level position and will be compensated accordingly.

Education:

Candidate must have a Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Compuer Science or a related field OR Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering, Computer Science or a related field with 3+ years of industry experience

Minimum Qualifications:

• 6+ months experience in the following:
• Development and debug of test patterns in at least one area of Cache, IO,
• Functional and Scan to support component debug, validation, characterization, and production test
• Experience with system level debug of chipsets and/or CPUs
• Post-Si testing and validation on package interfaces 

Preferred Qualifications:

• DFT, hardware testing methods and tools
• Silicon debug and characterization of new Ips (EG: PCIe Gen4/5, SATA etc.) including working with platform and system level validation teams to identify and close silicon issues
• Debug and validation experience of mixed (analog/digital) circuitry
• Analysis and disposition of early customer returns to drive understanding of design marginalities or develop test content to screen these units where needed
• Experience in cost reduction, or quality improvement efforts, on Class or Wafer Sort tests
• Familiar with statistical analysis
• Bench design validation using oscilloscope
• Basic Python, Perl or C scripting
• Manufacturing flow experience
• Semiconductor device physics and overall semiconductor testing
• Lean/Agile, Lean Six Sigma or other process improvement tool experience