Bench High-Speed Interface Validation Engineer

Best NanoTech; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Best NanoTech in India is seeking a Bench High-Speed Interface Validation Engineer with hands-on silicon validation experience. You will develop validation platforms, perform first silicon bring-up, and debug boards and interfaces across PCIe, USB, Ethernet, and memory interfaces.

Work with Design, SI, PCB, Firmware, Product Engineering, and Manufacturing teams to deliver validation, automation scripts, and clear reports.

Qualifications

• 3-10 years of experience in semiconductor bench validation, characterization, or high-speed interface validation.
• Strong understanding of board-level validation and silicon bring-up activities.

Responsibilities

• Develop, integrate, and debug bench validation setups for high-speed semiconductor interface devices.
• Perform first silicon bring-up, engineering validation, functional verification, and characterization.
• Design, review, and debug evaluation boards, interface boards, adapter boards, daughter cards, interposers, breakout boards, and custom validation fixtures.
• Perform board bring-up, power sequencing validation, schematic review, PCB review, and board-level debugging.
• Develop validation platforms considering controlled impedance routing, differential pair routing, impedance matching, insertion loss, return loss, skew matching, and signal integrity.
• Validate and characterize interfaces including PCIe, USB, Ethernet, DDR/LPDDR, MIPI, HDMI, DisplayPort, SATA, UFS, eMMC, SD/SDIO, CXL, UCIe, SerDes, XAUI, and JESD204B/C.
• Execute protocol compliance, interoperability, BER testing, jitter analysis, eye diagram measurements, equalization tuning, and link training validation.
• Capture and analyze waveforms, timing diagrams, protocol transactions, and high-speed signal behavior using laboratory instruments.
• Develop automation scripts for instrument control, data acquisition, regression testing, characterization, and reporting.
• Debug hardware, firmware, software, silicon, and board-level issues while supporting NPI, EV, Reliability, PQ, and Customer Validation activities.
• Prepare validation procedures, compliance reports, characterization reports, and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to resolve validation and product performance issues.

Skills

USB

Ethernet

DDR / LPDDR

MIPI

HDMI

DisplayPort

SATA

UFS

eMMC

SD / SDIO

CXL

SerDes

XAUI

JESD204B/C

Education

Electronics & Communications Engineering (ECE)

Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE)

Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering (EIE)

Instrumentation Engineering

Embedded Systems

VLSI Design

Semiconductor Technology

Related engineering discipline

Job description

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

Role Overview

We are looking for a Bench High-Speed Interface Validation Engineer with hands-on experience in silicon validation, characterization, and high-speed interface testing. The role involves developing validation platforms, performing first silicon bring-up, board-level debugging, protocol compliance testing, and automation for next-generation semiconductor devices. The engineer will work closely with Design, Signal Integrity, PCB, Firmware, Product Engineering, and Manufacturing teams throughout the product development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, integrate, and debug bench validation setups for high-speed semiconductor interface devices.
• Perform first silicon bring-up, engineering validation, functional verification, and characterization.
• Design, review, and debug evaluation boards, interface boards, adapter boards, daughter cards, interposers, breakout boards, and custom validation fixtures.
• Perform board bring-up, power sequencing validation, schematic review, PCB review, and board-level debugging.
• Develop validation platforms considering controlled impedance routing, differential pair routing, impedance matching, insertion loss, return loss, skew matching, and signal integrity.
• Validate and characterize interfaces including PCIe, USB, Ethernet, DDR/LPDDR, MIPI, HDMI, DisplayPort, SATA, UFS, eMMC, SD/SDIO, CXL, UCIe, SerDes, XAUI, and JESD204B/C.
• Execute protocol compliance, interoperability, BER testing, jitter analysis, eye diagram measurements, equalization tuning, and link training validation.
• Capture and analyze waveforms, timing diagrams, protocol transactions, and high-speed signal behavior using laboratory instruments.
• Develop automation scripts for instrument control, data acquisition, regression testing, characterization, and reporting.
• Debug hardware, firmware, software, silicon, and board-level issues while supporting NPI, Engineering Validation (EV), Reliability, Product Qualification, and Customer Validation activities.
• Prepare validation procedures, compliance reports, characterization reports, and technical documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to resolve validation and product performance issues.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in:
• Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE)
• Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE)
• Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering (EIE)
• Instrumentation Engineering
• Embedded Systems
• VLSI Design
• Semiconductor Technology
• Or a related engineering discipline
• 3 10 years of experience in semiconductor bench validation, characterization, or high-speed interface validation.
• Strong understanding of board-level validation and silicon bring-up activities.

Technical Skills High-Speed Interface Validation

• USB
• Ethernet
• DDR / LPDDR
• MIPI
• HDMI
• DisplayPort
• SATA
• UFS
• eMMC
• SD / SDIO
• CXL
• SerDes
• XAUI
• JESD204B/C

Signal & Power Integrity

• Signal Integrity (SI)
• Power Integrity (PI)
• Transmission Line Theory
• Impedance Matching
• Controlled Impedance Design
• Eye Diagram Analysis
• BER Testing
• Crosstalk Analysis
• S-Parameters
• De-embedding

PCB & Hardware Validation

• High-Speed PCB Design Review
• Schematic Review
• PCB Stack-up Review
• Via Optimization
• Back-Drilling
• Board Bring-up
• Connector & Socket Selection
• Validation Fixture Development