Senior Validation Engineer

At Cirrus Logic, we develop high-performance, low power signal processing solutions, delivering innovative end-user experiences and solving difficult challenges for new generations of mobile and consumer devices. While breaking the innovation barrier, weÕve also built an award-winning company culture, thanks to our extraordinary workforce and our ongoing efforts to champion and promote diversity, as well as our principles of equality and fairness in the workplace. Do you enjoy working alongside the industry's top engineers and solving sophisticated challenges for the world's top consumer brands? Join our team and help us continue to make this an exceptional place to work!

As a Senior Validation Engineer, you will be a valued member of the pre-silicon emulation/post-silicon validation team passionate about bringing innovative Mixed Signal processing, Battery chargers, and power management ICs to market! Our high-performance chips enable an incredible mixed-signal experience with highly integrated, platform-level functionality while delivering the lowest power consumption and highest efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Think beyond the datasheet and around design corners to find elusive bugs. Able to think of test cases and customer usage models that may violate the assumptions of designers and systems engineers
• You will work closely with teams to report project status/progress to program management on a regular basis
• Lead, mentor, and provide technical guidance to other engineering team members
• Develop validation plans for IP and chip-level test cases from datasheet and in consultation with design and systems engineers
• Develop and implement tests on the lab bench per the validation plan during the pre-silicon and post-silicon phases of the product to ensure functionality and performance as per the datasheet
• Actively participate in chip design and architecture reviews and identify areas of weakness in designs and recommend Design-for-Validation (DFV) hooks to improve validation coverage and efficiency
• Architect and drive implementation of continuous improvements to validation infrastructure to enable improved validation efficiency and coverage
• Develop automated test framework, regression test suites in Python to optimize validation efficiency
• Design PCB schematics and work with layout engineers to review board layouts before being released for fabrication
• Review and contribute to ATE load board schematic designs as well as reviews for schematics and layout
• Debug analog/digital silicon issues, board issues, and Validation software/hardware tools issues
• Assist in the debug of ATE test issues as applicable using lab bench setups, including ATE to Bench correlation
• Analyze test results and identify failures/defects using business intelligence tools such as Spotfire or JMP
• Expand coverage across multiple devices and FW targets
• Design FPGA emulation and silicon validation board schematics and bring up the platforms

Required Skills and Qualifications

• BS in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 10+ years of experience in a related field OR MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 12+ years of experience
• Proven experience in specialized areas such as FPGA-based emulation, synthesis, Verilog, pre and/or post-silicon validation, mixed-signal IP block design/validation, audio-related signal processing, and algorithm, validation related automation framework
• Expertise in Validation automation and scripting/programming languages such as MATLAB, LabVIEW, C, Python or similar
• Solid hands-on experience in lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, audio analyzers, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers for measurement and debugging issues
• Advanced electrical engineering knowledge in analog, digital, power electronics, or audio engineering. This includes mixed-signal building blocks such as ADC, DAC, PLLs, amplifiers, signal processing and measurement, IC control/communication protocols
• Self-motivated with excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail are highly valued as you will need to understand silicon, board, and software interactions

Preferred Skills and Qualifications

• Some ARM assembly experience
• Knowledge of ARM application processors and Keil development environment using ETM debuggers
• Experience in various automation framework hardware tools (FPGA, DSP, NI Data Acquisition) or software tools/languages
• Demonstrated proficiency in system understanding of various industry interface standards such as I2C, SPI, USB, I2S, TDM, or high-speed control/data bus as examples

This position is located in Mesa, AZ

Cirrus Logic is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We strive to select the best qualified applicant for any opening and to reward employees based on their skills, experience and performance. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, pregnancy status, marital status, gender, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.