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You will have the opportunity to provide technical guidance to other engineering team members. In this role, you can leverage our experience and industry knowledge to architect and drive implementation of continuous improvements to test infrastructure and processes.\n\nThe Team\nThe Post‑Silicon Bringup team sits within the Architecture and Validation team, we are responsible for bringup and validation of new silicon when it returns from manufacture, enabling and supporting the production SW and FW teams to bring up their software and supporting the Silicon Characterisation team.\n\nResponsibilities and Duties\n\nPlan, design, develop and debug silicon validation tests in bare metal C/C++ on FPGA/Emulator prior to first silicon\n\nDeploy silicon validation tests on first silicon and debugging them\n\nDevelop automated test framework and regression test suites in Python to optimize validation efficiency\n\nCollaborate closely with engineers from many other disciplines on a variety of topics\n\nWork with Validation and Production Test engineering peers to implement best practices and continuous improvements to test methodologies\n\nAnalyse test results, identify and debug failures/defects\n\nContribute to shared test and validation infrastructure\n\nProvide feedback to architects\n\nCandidate Profile\nEssential\n\nUnderstanding of ML applications and their workloads\n\nA self‑starter who can apply independent judgement\n\nA team player able to lead and support colleagues with difficult concepts\n\nStrong experience in Bare metal / embedded C/C++\n\nExcellent problem‑solving, analytical & diagnostic skills\n\nAbility to work across teams and programming languages to find root causes of critical and complex issues\n\nExperience of the post‑silicon validation process applied in digital ASIC environments\n\nPython, Linux\n\nExcellent communication skills and the ability to explain difficult concepts to resolve issues\n\nDesirable\n\n5 to 10 years’ experience\n\nExperience building and leading, multi‑site teams\n\nDriver level experience with one or more of the following is highly desirable:\n\nPCIe\n\nEthernet\n\nMemory technologies (LPDDR, DDR, HBM, …)\n\nOther peripherals such as I2C, I3C, SPI, …\n\nGood knowledge of mixed‑signal building blocks such as PLLs, high speed PHYs and IC control/communication protocols is highly desirable.\n\nExperience of Arm CPUs, System IPand debug tools.\n\nExperience of AMBA protocols.\n\nExperience in Characterization, Failure Analysis, Test Development, Statistical analysis,\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Engineersofai","rawCompany":"engineersofai","city":"Austin","state":"TX","isRemote":false,"isActive":true,"createdAt":"2026-07-16T04:03:30.805Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2112.02","title":"Validation Engineers","slug":"validation-engineers"},{"code":"17-2061.00","title":"Computer Hardware Engineers","slug":"computer-hardware-engineers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"}],"industries":[{"code":"334111","title":"Electronic Computer Manufacturing","slug":"electronic-computer-manufacturing"},{"code":"334413","title":"Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing","slug":"semiconductor-and-related-device-manufacturing"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Principal Debug Validation Engineer","description":"Principal Embedded SW/FW Engineer (Bringup) - Austin, Tx, USA\nJob Summary\nWe have an exciting opportunity to be part of a collaborative, cross-functional development team validating cutting‑edge, high‑performance AI chips and platforms.\n\nYou will play a key role in supporting new product introductions and post‑silicon validation.\n\nWorking within the Post‑Silicon Validation team, you will be involved with bringing first silicon to life, functionally validating it and working closely with many other teams to help it become a fully characterised and working product, reporting project status/progress to program management on a regular basis. 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