SoC Functional Validation Engineer
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Job Summary
Sperton Global:
This assignment is managed by Sperton responsible for sourcing screening and candidate evaluation. We manage the hiring process professionally on behalf of our customer.
Tasks
Location: Bristol UK Onsite initially (approx. 1 month) then Hybrid
Contract Duration: 12 Months (Extension review after 6 months)
Candidate Location: Europe & UK (must be open to travel)
Note: Candidates must hold a valid passport or visa allowing travel to the UK.
About the Role:
We are supporting a leading semiconductor innovator in hiring an experienced SoC Functional Validation Engineer to work on next-generation System-on-Chip platforms. This role focuses on functional validation and bring-up of complex SoCs featuring high-end ARM CPUs and advanced high-speed interfaces from pre-silicon to post-silicon stages.
You will work closely with architecture RTL electrical characterization and firmware teams to ensure first-time-right silicon readiness.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform functional validation and bring-up of next-generation SoC platforms based on high-end ARM processors.
- Execute interface bring-up and validation across LPDDR PCIe Ethernet HBM CPUs Coherent Mesh and low-speed IOs (UART I2C I3C SPI).
- Develop and execute bare-metal C test cases for SoC validation and debug.
- Debug and validate designs using FPGA-based HAPS / Zebu emulation platforms and transition to silicon-based target hardware.
- Design enhance and maintain validation test infrastructure and frameworks.
- Analyze failures root-cause issues across hardware and firmware layers and drive resolution.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Architects RTL Verification Electrical Test & Characterization and Production Firmware teams.
- Support silicon bring-up milestones validation reviews and readiness for production handoff.
Contribute to documentation validation plans and best practices for SoC bring-up and debug.
Requirements
Essential Skills & Experience:
- Strong hands-on experience in Embedded C for low-level validation and debug.
- Proven experience validating high-end ARM-based SoCs.
- Solid understanding of ARM cache-coherent interconnects and CPU subsystems.
- Hands-on validation of high-speed interfaces such as PCIe (up to Gen6) LPDDR5 HBM3 and die-to-die links.
- Experience working on pre-silicon (emulation) and post-silicon (real hardware) platforms.
- Strong debugging skills across hardware firmware and system-level issues.
Desirable Skills:
- Python scripting for test automation and validation flows.
- Direct experience with silicon bring-up and early hardware validation.
- Development or debugging of high-speed interface device drivers.
- Experience in complex multi-die or mesh-based SoC architectures.
Validate next-gen ARM-based SoCs drive silicon bring-up and work hands-on with cutting-edge high-speed interfaces in a global semiconductor program.
Key Skills
- Python
- SOC
- Debugging
- C/C++
- FDA Regulations
- Minitab
- Technical Writing
- GAMP
- OS Kernels
- Perl
- cGMP
- Manufacturing
