Silicon Validation Engineer - SoC Integration

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THE ROLE:  

We are looking for a dynamic, energetic Silicon Validation Engineer to join our growing Systems Validation Integration and Platform (SVIP) team and launch your career in Silicon Validation! Our team plays a critical role in ensuring the quality of AMD's next-generation FPGA and SoC products. As an Silicon Validation engineer, you'll work alongside experienced mentors to validate cutting-edge technology through hands-on pre-silicon and post-silicon testing, debugging, and characterization.

THE PERSON:  

As a Systems Design Engineer, you'll contribute to validating innovative SoC products featuring low-power, high-performance multi-core embedded CPUs. This is an excellent opportunity to gain broad exposure across the entire product development lifecycle while building foundational skills in Silicon Validation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Assist in pre-silicon validation using FPGA-based prototyping and emulation platforms.
• Support post-silicon bring-up activities and system-level testing.
• Develop and execute validation tests under guidance, including directed tests for SoC blocks and I/O interfaces.
• Run regression tests using system-level validation tools
• Create scripts to automate testing processes and improve efficiency
• Execute test plans and document results clearly.
• Help validate SoC designs to enable early software development.
• Participate in reference board bring-up and test environment setup.
• Debugging issues found during the SOC (System on a Chip) programs bring-up, validation, and production phases 
• Working with multiple teams and tracking test execution to make sure all features are validated and optimized on time.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:  

• Knowledge of system architecture, technical debug, and validation strategies
• Projects and experience involving FPGAs, embedded systems, or SoC design
• Experience in writing drivers for validating Direct Memory Access(DMA) Controllers, knowledge of MMU, Caches etc.
• Programming/scripting skills (e.g., C programming and ARM, Python) 
• Experience with board/platform-level debug, including delivery, sequencing, analysis, and optimization 
• Understanding of operating systems (Linux preferred)
• Experience with version control systems (Git)
• Experience with common lab equipment, including protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, etc.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:  

• Bachelors or Masters degree in electronics, electrical or computer engineering

LOCATION: San Jose, CA

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.