Validation / Verification Eng, Manager - 18754

Synopsys, Inc.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Synopsys, Inc. is seeking a senior silicon validation leader in Ottawa to drive first silicon bring-up and validation for DDR, LPDDR, and HBM memory test chips.

You will oversee a 20+ staff across three labs, coordinating with firmware, design, and cross-functional teams to ensure robust memory IP readiness. The role requires hands-on debugging, signal integrity analysis, and development of automated validation frameworks in Python and C/C++.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent technical field.
• 8+ years hands-on silicon validation experience with memory interfaces such as DDR, LPDDR, or HBM.
• 3+ years managing engineering teams including hiring and resource allocation.
• Deep understanding of JEDEC specifications, jitter analysis, timing margins, and electrical characterization.
• Proficiency in Python and C for test automation and hardware validation scripting.
• Experience with ATE testers such as Teradyne, LTX/Credence, Advantest.
• Board design experience including multilayer PCB development; automotive qualification standards or reliability testing experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead first silicon bring-up and validation for DDR6, DDR5, LPDDR6/X, LPDDR5/5X, MRDIMM, and HBM test chips.
• Perform electrical characterization including eye diagrams, jitter measurements, timing margins, and signal integrity analysis.
• Drive debug and root cause analysis of silicon, firmware, and board issues using lab instrumentation and cross-functional collaboration.
• Build automated validation frameworks using Python and C/C++ to improve test efficiency and data collection.
• Lead multilayer PCB design for characterization platforms and customer evaluation kits.
• Manage team hiring, staffing, resource allocation, morale and audit preparation while growing technical capability.
• Work with cross-functional teams to weigh business impacts and make critical decisions.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Lab validation

Team leadership

Signal integrity

Memory interfaces

Jitter analysis

PCB design

Oscilloscopes

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Teradyne

LTX/Credence

Advantest

Oscilloscopes

BERTs

Network analyzers

Job description

We Are

Synopsys is the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products. We deliver industry-leading silicon design, IP, simulation and analysis solutions, and design services. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow.

You Are

You have spent years in the lab watching what happens when theory meets reality. First silicon never behaves exactly as simulated, and you have built a career on figuring out why and what to do about it.

Managing people and projects simultaneously energizes you. You have led teams through bring-up/'Power On' chaos, kept schedules on track while debugging signal integrity issues, and hired engineers who became your best validators.

You think in test plans, not checklists. When a DDR eye diagram looks wrong, you systematically isolate the problem until you find it. At Synopsys, you will lead a lab team validating memory IP that ships in products worldwide.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead first silicon bring-up and validation for DDR6, DDR5, LPDDR6/X, LPDDR5/5X, MRDIMM, and HBM test chips
• Perform electrical characterization including eye diagrams, jitter measurements, timing margins, and signal integrity analysis
• Drive debug and root cause analysis of silicon, firmware, and board issues using lab instrumentation and cross-functional collaboration
• Build automated validation frameworks using Python and C/C++ to improve test efficiency and data collection
• Lead multilayer PCB design for characterization platforms and customer evaluation kits
• Manage team hiring, staffing, resource allocation, morale and audit preparation while growing technical capability
• Work alongside cross-functional teams including but not limited to stakeholders, marketing, sales, customers, program/foundry as well as other lab managers and teams to weigh business impacts and make critical decisions
• Manage Gate Review and Kickoff Meetings, in addition to Characterization Plan and Report publications, checklists and supporting documentation

The Impact You Will Have

• Ensure Synopsys memory interface IP products meet performance and reliability standards before customer deployment
• Implement efficiency improvements and process changes to a team of 20+ staff across 3+ labs
• Reduce time to market by building reusable test infrastructure that accelerates validation across IP generations
• Provide silicon-proven characterization data that gives customers confidence to integrate Synopsys IP
• Identify and resolve issues early, preventing costly re-spins and customer escalations
• Grow a high-performing validation team in Nepean that becomes a center of excellence for memory IP
• Influence design decisions by feeding back real-world silicon behavior to architecture teams

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent technical field
• 8+ years of hands-on silicon validation experience with memory interfaces such as DDR, LPDDR, or HBM
• 3+ years managing engineering teams, including hiring and resource allocation
• Deep understanding of JEDEC specifications, jitter analysis, timing margins, and electrical characterization
• Proficiency in Python and C for test automation and hardware validation scripting
• Experience with ATE testers such as Teradyne, LTX/Credence, Advantest
• Board design experience including multilayer PCB development, experience with automotive qualification standards or reliability testing is a plus
• Experience in scheduling, event planning with vendors of all sorts

Who You Are

• You can walk into a lab, look at a failing test result, and within an hour have a hypothesis and a plan to prove it
• You manage people with strong listening skills as well as by growing their skills, not micromanaging tasks, and your team knows you will back them and to trust you
• You can explain a complex silicon debug finding to a design lead in two sentences without losing the nuance
• You balance project deadlines and team development without sacrificing either
• You are comfortable operating oscilloscopes, BERTs, and network analyzers, and expect your team to be equally hands-on
• You are meticulously well organized and have a strong attention to detail with a capacity to juggle several priority items at once in a high-stress, fast-paced environment

The Team You'll Be Part Of

You will join the growing Nepean lab team focused on validating Synopsys' memory interface IP portfolio. This is a hands-on lab environment where you will work closely with firmware and design groups to bring new IP from silicon bring-up through production release. The team operates at the intersection of design intent and real-world silicon behavior, and your work will directly inform product readiness and customer deployments.

Rewards and Benefits

We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs. Our total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings.