Junior Validation Engineer, Mixed-Signal & Audio

Cirrus Logic, Inc.; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-site gym

Deli

Job summary

Cirrus Logic, Inc. in Edinburgh, UK is seeking a talent for our Validation Engineering team to contribute to pre‑silicon emulation and post‑silicon validation. You will help bring groundbreaking mixed‑signal audio chips to market with low power, high efficiency and platform‑level functionality.

You will work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment with a culture of inclusion. The role offers hands-on lab work, design collaboration, and opportunities to develop validation frameworks and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in electronics or computer science.
• Experience in FPGA-based emulation, synthesis and pre/post-silicon validation.
• Hands-on lab equipment experience (oscilloscopes, signal generators, audio analyzers).
• Strong problem solving and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute bench level tests during pre‑silicon and post‑silicon phases to ensure datasheet conformance.
• Identify design corner cases and elusive bugs beyond the datasheet.
• Create validation plans for IP and chip‑level tests with design and systems engineers.
• Develop test cases and usage models that stress assumptions of designers.
• Build automated test framework and regression suites in Python, MATLAB, or LabVIEW.
• Collaborate to improve Cirrus Logic validation methodologies.
• Work with IC Design, Systems, and Application engineers to understand use cases.
• Perform circuit simulation to support board design.
• Design PCB schematics and review layouts before fabrication.
• Debug analog/digital silicon, board, and software/hardware tools issues.
• Analyze test results using Spotfire to identify defects.

Skills

FPGA emulation

Verilog

Validation automation

Audio processing

Education

Bachelors in Electronics/CS

Tools

LTSpice

Git

Perforce

Spotfire

LabVIEW

Job description

Cirrus Logic, Inc. in Edinburgh, UK is seeking a talent for our Validation Engineering team to contribute to pre‑silicon emulation and post‑silicon validation. You will help bring groundbreaking mixed‑signal audio chips to market with low power, high efficiency and platform‑level functionality.

You will work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment with a culture of inclusion. The role offers hands-on lab work, design collaboration, and opportunities to develop validation frameworks and