Bench Digital & Mixed-Signal Validation Engineer

Best NanoTech; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Best NanoTech in India is seeking a Bench Digital & Mixed-Signal Validation Engineer to support silicon validation, characterization, and board-level verification for semiconductor products. The role involves first silicon bring-up, bench validation, hardware debugging, interface validation, and laboratory automation using industry-standard test equipment.

You will work with Design, Product Engineering, Embedded Software, PCB Design, and Manufacturing teams throughout the lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics & Electronics/Instrumentation/related engineering field.
• 3–10 years of experience in semiconductor bench validation, silicon characterization, lab validation, or product validation engineering.
• Hands-on experience with semiconductor validation hardware and laboratory instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Develop, integrate, and debug bench validation setups for Digital and Mixed-Signal semiconductor devices.
• Perform first silicon bring-up, board bring-up, engineering validation, and silicon characterization.
• Design and validate evaluation boards, interface boards, adapter boards, interposers, and custom validation fixtures.
• Review schematics and PCB layouts while performing power sequencing and board-level debugging.
• Validate communication interfaces including I C, SPI, UART, GPIO, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, SD/eMMC, MIPI, CAN, LIN, and JTAG.
• Develop automated validation frameworks for instrument control, data acquisition, regression testing, and report generation.
• Execute electrical validation, functional validation, stress testing, interoperability testing, and regression testing.
• Analyze waveforms, timing diagrams, protocol transactions, and register-level behavior using laboratory instruments.
• Debug hardware, firmware, software, silicon, and system-level issues through structured root cause analysis.
• Develop validation procedures, test plans, characterization reports, and engineering documentation.
• Support EV, NPI, Product Qualification, Reliability, and Customer Validation activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Design, Firmware, Embedded Software, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, and Customer Support.

Skills

Bench validation

Digital validation

Mixed-signal validation

Board debugging

Lab automation

Instrumentation

Silicon bring-up

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electronics/EEE/EC

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Lab instrumentation

Job description

Bench Digital & Mixed-Signal Validation Engineer

• Work Mode: Onsite
• Experience: 3- 10 Years

Role Overview

We are seeking a Bench Digital & Mixed-Signal Validation Engineer to support silicon validation, characterization, and board-level verification for semiconductor products. The role involves first silicon bring-up, bench validation, hardware debugging, interface validation, and laboratory automation using industry-standard test equipment. The engineer will work closely with Design, Product Engineering, Embedded Software, PCB Design, and Manufacturing teams throughout the product development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, integrate, and debug bench validation setups for Digital and Mixed-Signal semiconductor devices.
• Perform first silicon bring-up, board bring-up, engineering validation, and silicon characterization.
• Design and validate evaluation boards, interface boards, adapter boards, interposers, and custom validation fixtures.
• Review schematics and PCB layouts while performing power sequencing and board-level debugging.
• Validate communication interfaces including I C, SPI, UART, GPIO, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, SD/eMMC, MIPI, CAN, LIN, and JTAG.
• Develop automated validation frameworks for instrument control, data acquisition, regression testing, and report generation.
• Execute electrical validation, functional validation, stress testing, interoperability testing, and regression testing.
• Analyze waveforms, timing diagrams, protocol transactions, and register-level behavior using laboratory instruments.
• Debug hardware, firmware, software, silicon, and system-level issues through structured root cause analysis.
• Develop validation procedures, test plans, characterization reports, and engineering documentation.
• Support Engineering Validation (EV), New Product Introduction (NPI), Product Qualification, Reliability, and Customer Validation activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Design, Firmware, Embedded Software, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, and Customer Support.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE), Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE), Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering (EIE), Instrumentation Engineering, Computer Engineering, Embedded Systems, VLSI Design, Microelectronics, Semiconductor Technology, or a related engineering discipline.
• 3 -10 years of experience in semiconductor bench validation, silicon characterization, laboratory validation, or product validation engineering.
• Hands-on experience with semiconductor validation hardware and laboratory instrumentation.
• Strong understanding of digital electronics, mixed-signal systems, board-level debugging, and validation methodologies.

Technical Skills

Bench Validation & Silicon Bring-Up

• Board Bring-Up
• Product Qualification
• Functional Validation
• Regression Testing
• Reliability Testing

Hardware Validation

• Evaluation Boards
• Interface Boards
• Adapter Boards
• Interposers
• Validation Fixtures
• Schematic Review
• PCB Layout Review

Communication Interfaces

• I C
• SPI
• UART
• GPIO
• USB
• PCI Express (PCIe)
• Ethernet
• DDR
• SD/eMMC
• MIPI
• CAN
• LIN
• JTAG
• High-Bandwidth Digital Oscilloscope (Tektronix, Keysight, Teledyne LeCroy)