Silicon Validation Engineer

Job Title: Silicon Validation Engineer

Job Description

The primary objective of this role is to develop and maintain automated metric collection systems from FPGA implementation flows, ensuring repeatable analysis of build quality, timing, and infrastructure health.

Responsibilities

• Develop scripts to extract metrics from Vivado implementation runs.
• Automate the collection of timing, utilization, and quality metrics using TCL and Python.
• Integrate extracted metrics into existing data pipelines and tooling.
• Support and modify FPGA constraint and automation scripts as needed.
• Collaborate with internal and partner teams to enable reliable metric generation.
• Extend metric collection to additional FPGA platforms or legacy flows as required.

Essential Skills

• Strong experience with TCL scripting.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Solid understanding of FPGA implementation flows, timing, and utilization.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with TCL scripting for Quartus.
• Familiarity with CI/CD-driven FPGA builds.
• Experience working with large or production FPGA infrastructures.
• 3 years of experience with Python.
• 3 years of experience with TCL scripting.
• Experience aligned to tools and automation, not test development.

Work Environment

The team is dedicated to building engineering systems and automation, particularly focusing on FPGA tool data extraction to support the next generation of projects. Key projects include automation for FPGA tool data extraction and moving design information into databases/data lakes for analysis. This is a collaborative environment, where working directly with vendor engineers to solve complex issues is encouraged.

This is a Contract position based out of Redmond, WA.

The pay range for this position is $65.00 - $70.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully remote position.

This position is anticipated to close on Mar 23, 2026.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. DE&I is embedded into our culture through:

• Hiring diverse talent
• Maintaining an inclusive environment through persistent self-reflection
• Building a culture of care, engagement, and recognition with clear outcomes
• Ensuring growth opportunities for our people

Actalent is an equal opportunity employer.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services. For more than 40 years, we’ve helped visionary companies advance their goals. Headquartered in the United States, our teams span 150 offices across North America, EMEA, and APAC—with four delivery centers in India led by 1,000 extraordinary employees who connect their passion with purpose every day.

Our Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, and Chennai delivery centers are hubs of engineering expertise, with core capabilities in mechanical and electrical engineering, systems and software, and manufacturing engineering. Our teams deliver work across multiple industries including transportation, consumer and industrial products, and life sciences. We serve more than 4,500 clients, including many Fortune 500 brands. Learn more about how we can work together at actalentservices.com.

Salary : $65 - $70