Senior Engineer I-Validation

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Job Description:

Microchip Technology Inc. has a Senior Engineer I-Validation opening based in Austin, Texas. The successful candidate will be responsible for performing silicon validation on new 10Base-T1S Ethernet Communication ICs for the automotive and industrial markets. In this role, you will be working with a global validation engineering team as well as Design, Applications, and Test engineers to ensure that the products meet functionality and performance expectations across a range of operating conditions.

Responsibilities:

• Develop tests and scripts to exercise and validate the features and performance on new product silicon. These will be used to test and validate all areas of a chip-power, memory, I/O interfaces, registers, RX/TX performance, timers, etc.

• Create and debug test setups that include validation PCBs, software, firmware, and various test equipment.

• Automate testing to provide reliable and efficient data collection.

• Create documentation such as validation test plans, reports, and how-to guides.

• Interface with the design, hardware, and firmware teams to confirm expectations and understanding of the chip operation in order to ensure validation requirements are met.

• Work with the PCB design/layout team to develop custom validation PCBs; participate in schematic design reviews; bring up and troubleshoot any issues on validation PCBs once they are built.

• Perform pre-silicon validation and debug of test programs and scripts using an FPGA.

• Work with Design Engineering to bring up new silicon and validate the correct operation and performance of product features.

• Work with Design Engineering to debug silicon issues and provide feedback, supporting requests for additional experiments as needed.

• Collect validation data over process corners, voltage, and temperature (PVT), compile data reports, and review the results with Design Engineering.

• Document and follow best practices.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

• 4 years experience in IC validation or closely related experience.

• Experience with C/C and Python scripting.

• Proficiency with industry-standard lab and test equipment (e.g. oscilloscopes, digital multi-meters, AWGs, logic analyzers, power supplies).

• Ability to methodically debug bench setups, scripts, test programs, and troubleshoot silicon issues during bring-up and PVT validation.

• Familiar with test bench equipment communication interfaces such as GPIB, RS-232, TCP/IP, and USB and have the ability to set up and debug test systems using these interfaces.

• Experience with automating lab equipment and tests.

• Self-motivated, able to work independently as well as part of a team.

• Should have a positive and optimistic attitude.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiar with microcontroller architectures and the interfaces commonly found on microcontrollers (SPI, I2C, I2S, USB, MII/RMII).

• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Polarion, or similar task management and issue tracking tools.

• Experience using source control (Perforce, Git, SVN, SharePoint).

• Experience using debuggers and data logging tools.

• Experience using and programming thermal forcing equipment.

• Experience using and programming robotic handlers.

• Experience with soldering and the ability to change basic PCB components or modify circuits as needed for debug and experiments.

• History of proactive communication with and support for cross-functional teams such as Design, Product Test Engineering (production ATE), Applications, and Firmware.

• Experience working with remote teams.

• Experience with schematic review and PCB schematic design using Altium.

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