Post-Silicon Validation Engineer

Highlights

• Drive first-silicon bring-up through production ramp for AI inference accelerators.
• Co-design chips, racks, software and manufacturing for frontier intelligence.
• Validate custom IP and compute units for performance, reliability and correctness.

What they offer

• Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
• $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
• $2.5k per month housing subsidy for those living within walking distance of the office
• Relocation support for those moving to San Jose
• Wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
• Daily lunch + dinner in office
• Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification

Ideal candidate

A hands-on silicon debug expert with 7+ years bringing up complex ASICs who thrives on deep root-cause analysis and close hardware-software collaboration to ship reliable frontier inference hardware.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in post-silicon validation, bring-up, and debug of ASICs (preferably including AI/ML accelerators)
• Proven expertise in early silicon bring-up, debug, and validation
• Deep knowledge of peripheral interfaces and board-level debug
• Proficiency in C, Python, and scripting for validation automation
• Hands-on expertise with oscilloscopes, logic/protocol analyzers, and other validation lab tools
• Familiarity with firmware, bootloaders, and low-level silicon debug environments
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and collaboration skills across hardware and software teams
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field (Master's preferred)