HW Validation Engineer

Locations available: San Diego and San Jose California or Austin Texas

NXP is seeking our next HW Validation Engineer for silicon validation who will drive and contribute to both pre-silicon and post-silicon validation and production of SerDes and other High-Speed interfaces as part of Avivas Automotive grade products. You will be responsible for ensuring functionality performance power reliability stress and stability and eventually automotive qualification through comprehensive validation processes.

Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Validation planning Develop and implement detailed validation test-plan and develop validation methodologies/infrastructure to achieve the coverage
• Test development Develop test-cases test environment and automation scripts using Python. Use various HW and SW tools such as oscilloscopes logic analyzers traffic generators and analyzers.
• Collaboration -Work closely with design DV Analog and Firmware teams to debug root-cause and resolve any issues that may arise during addition work with Operations to do bench screening high volume ATE functional screening.
• Documentation and reporting Document test-plans test results validation coverage reports. Communicate the same to stakeholders through regular reports
• Automation Develop various scripts web-based tools to automate validation and FW QA tests as well as collecting reports and diagnostics data

Minimum Required Qualifications

• B.S./M.S. Electrical/Computer Engineering
• 10 years of experience insilicon validation of with high-speed networking SerDesmixed signal/analog/digital ICs and blocks knowledge of PCS and PMA networking layers.
• Hands on experience with debug and characterization of high-speed interfaces like CSI-2 Ethernet.
• Expertise with script-based test automation (Python) and strong scripting skills in general.
• Experience in GUI development for HW and FW debug is a plus

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NXP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer regardless of age color national origin race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression marital status status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local addition NXP will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.