LabPVT Validation Engineer

San Jose, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 5 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. This Client is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara California that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. global company that specializes in manufacturing semiconductor devices used in computer processing. The company also produces flash memories graphics processors motherboard chip sets and a variety of components used in consumer electronics goods.

Job Title: Lab/PVT Validation Engineer

Work Location: San Jose CA

Duration: 6 Months

Work Type: Temporary Assignment

Job Type: Onsite

Job Description:

Primary Responsibilities:

Execute comprehensive PVT (Process Voltage Temperature) characterization on the latest FPGA families (Versal UltraScale 7nm/6nm/5nm nodes) mounted on multiple validation characterization and customer reference boards.
Operate and maintain environmental chambers thermal stream systems temperature-forced air systems DC parametric analyzers high-speed oscilloscopes TDRs VNAs and programmable power supplies.
Develop debug and maintain automation scripts (Python preferred Tcl/Python/Perl acceptable) to control instruments power supplies thermal systems and the FPGA design running on the board (via JTAG UART Ethernet or PCIe).
Perform shmoo testing across voltage corners (Vccint Vccaux VCCO etc.) temperature range ( 40 C to 125 C typical) and process corners (FF/SS/TT slow/fast die IDs).
Collect post-process and plot large data sets (timing margins power consumption eye diagrams jitter IDD vs. temperature/voltage etc.) and upload results to central databases.
Work daily with FPGA board design engineers Signal Integrity (SI) Power Integrity (PI) and silicon characterization teams to root-cause failures (e.g. marginal timing excessive voltage droop thermal runaway PLL lock issues).
Assist in debugging high-speed DDR4/LPDDR5 interfaces under worst-case PVT conditions.
Document test procedures failures and resolution steps in Confluence/JIRA and maintain version-controlled automation code in Git.

Required Skills & Experience:

Associates or Bachelors degree in Electrical/Electronic Technology or equivalent experience.
3 years of hands-on experience in an electronics lab running PVT or HAST/HTOL-type testing on FPGAs SoCs or high-speed digital boards.
Proficient in Python/TCL/Perl scripting for test automation (instrument control via pyvisa scpi serial/I2C/JTAG communication data parsing plotting with matplotlib/pandas).
Solid understanding of DC and AC parametric testing shmoo plots margin testing and guard-banding concepts.
Experience with lab instruments: thermal chambers (Thermotron Espec) thermal stream (Temptronic AccuStream) oscilloscopes (Keysight Tektronix) spectrum analyzers VNA TDR programmable power supplies (Chroma Keysight N6700/N7900) and source-measure units (SMU).
Comfortable reading schematics identifying test points and probing high-density boards (10 layer 0.5 mm pitch BGA).
Familiarity with FPGA tools (Vivado Lab Edition Vivado Hardware Manager ILA/VIO) and basic bitstream loading via JTAG or flash.
Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills; able to work independently to isolate whether an issue is silicon board package power delivery or thermal related.
Excellent written and verbal communication; must be able to present findings clearly to SI/PI engineers and management.

Top Must Have Skills:

3 years of hands-on experience in an electronics lab running PVT or HAST/HTOL-type testing on FPGAs SoCs or high-speed digital boards.
Experience with lab instruments: thermal chambers (Thermotron Espec) thermal stream (Temptronic AccuStream) oscilloscopes (Keysight Tektronix) spectrum analyzers VNA TDR programmable power supplies (Chroma Keysight N6700/N7900) and source-measure units (SMU).
Familiarity with FPGA tools (Vivado Lab Edition Vivado Hardware Manager ILA/VIO) and basic bitstream loading via JTAG or flash.
Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills; able to work independently to isolate whether an issue is silicon board package power delivery or thermal related.

TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

Overview: TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. This Client is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara California that develops computer processors...