Senior Staff Validation Engineer

This position requires an experienced technical lead familiar with validation processes through multiple product iterations and ideally, prior management experience. In particular, experience with DDR5 buffer chip products for high-speed analog characterization and knowledge of memory interfaces for server and enterprise applications is preferred. This candidate will need to be comfortable with dual roles of serving as a bench characterization lead and manage a small team of supporting engineers locally.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Component Bench Characterization:
  • • Leverage best known test procedures including de-embedding, high-impedance probing, and noise compensation to resolve complex measurement challenges as data rates continue to scale.
    • Support Design/Validation teams to characterize key parameters of high-speed memory devices.
    • Work collaboratively with Designers to debug and optimize performance with open-ended tests that are not only driven by specifications.
• Validation Infrastructure Development:
  • • Develop new test infrastructure to support effective characterization and validation of high-speed memory interfaces.
    • Maintain relationships with contacts for key equipment vendors and participate and lead in pathfinding/roadmap initiatives.
    • Identify cycle time and cost improvements, including automations, to improve validation efficiency.
• Data Analysis and Reporting:
  • • Ability to synthesize results and identify next set of relevant experiments to understand issue.
    • Generate consistent, well-written, and easily understandable reports in different formats as relevant to the audience.
    • Develop and prove creative uses of LLM/AI techniques to analyze large validation data sets and generate effective visualizations and improve cycle time to final reports.
• Technical Communication:
  • • Effectively document test methodology and procedures to ensure reproducible and accurate results.
    • Explain complex topics in appropriate level of detail to each relevant stakeholder.
    • Work effectively with fellow Validation Engineers in diverse regions across language and technical knowledge differences.
• Team Management:
  • • Demonstrate ability to support/assist/mentor direct reports while also nurturing a culture of accountability and independence.
    • Support development of direct reports to grow capabilities and advance in their career trajectory.

Required Qualifications:

• • Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of hands-on experience in characterizing high-speed interfaces, particularly memory-related applications.
  • Strong understanding of memory interface architecture and operation, preferably DDR5.
  • In-depth knowledge of memory interface protocols and standards (e. g. , JEDEC specifications).
  • Expertise in using typical high speed interface test equipment (BERT, Scope, Compliance S/W).
  • Proficiency in scripting languages (e. g. , Python, Perl) for test automation and analysis.
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• • Masters degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
  • Experience with advanced signal integrity measurements and applications for Design correlation.
  • Experience with modern software tools for data visualization, analysis, and reporting; in particular dynamic interactive tools - including LLMs

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