Bench PMIC & Power Device Validation Engineer

Best NanoTech; Coimbatore District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Best NanoTech is seeking a Bench PMIC & Power Device Validation Engineer in Coimbatore to validate PMICs and power devices on high-power platforms. You will lead silicon bring-up, board-level validation, and reliability testing while collaborating with Design, Reliability, PCB Design, and Manufacturing teams.

The role emphasizes lab validation methodology, hardware debugging, and development of evaluation boards, with hands-on work across high-voltage/high-current domains.

Qualifications

• 3-10 years of bench validation experience in PMIC or power semiconductors.
• Experience with first silicon validation, board bring-up, hardware debugging, and product characterization.
• Strong understanding of laboratory validation methodologies and engineering documentation.

Responsibilities

• Develop and debug bench validation setups for PMICs and power devices.
• Perform first silicon bring-up, engineering validation, functional verification, and device characterization.
• Design, review, and debug evaluation boards, interface boards, load boards, adapter boards, and custom fixtures.
• Develop high-current and high-voltage validation platforms for engineering evaluation.
• Conduct schematic review, PCB validation, power sequencing verification, and board-level debugging.
• Integrate connectors, relays, protection circuits, current sensing and safety interlocks for high-power use.
• Implement thermal management solutions including heatsinks and sensors.
• Characterize BV, VTH, RDS(on), leakage, gate charge and switching metrics.
• Validate PMICs, IGBTs, GaN devices, BMS, DC-DC converters, LDOs and motor/LED drivers.
• Develop automation scripts for instrument control, data acquisition, regression testing, and reporting.
• Perform root cause analysis for hardware, firmware, silicon, and board issues.
• Prepare validation and reliability reports and support NPI and customer validation activities.

Skills

PMIC Validation

Power Device Validation

Bench Validation

First Silicon Bring-up

PCB/Hardware Debugging

Test Automation Scripting

High-Voltage/High-Current

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering / Electrical & Electronics / Embedded Systems

Tools

Oscilloscope

LabVIEW

PCB Design Tools

Job description

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

Role Overview

We are looking for a Bench PMIC & Power Device Validation Engineer with hands‑on experience in validation, characterization, and debugging of PMICs and power semiconductor devices. The role involves developing high‑power validation platforms, executing silicon bring‑up, performing board‑level validation, and supporting product qualification activities. The engineer will collaborate closely with Design, Product Engineering, Reliability, PCB Design, Manufacturing, and Applications teams throughout the product development lifecycle. Bench Validation & Characterization Board & Hardware Development Laboratory Equipment Automation & Programming Power Engineering Knowledge

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and debug bench validation setups for PMICs and power semiconductor devices.
• Perform first silicon bring-up, engineering validation, functional verification, and device characterization.
• Design, review, and debug evaluation boards, interface boards, load boards, adapter boards, and custom validation fixtures.
• Develop high-current and high-voltage validation platforms for engineering evaluation.
• Conduct schematic review, PCB validation, power sequencing verification, and board-level debugging.
• Integrate connectors, relays, contactors, protection circuits, current sensing circuits, and safety interlocks for high-power applications.
• Implement thermal management solutions including heat sinks, cooling systems, thermal sensors, and monitoring circuits.
• Characterize electrical parameters including BV, VTH, RDS(on), Leakage Current, Gate Charge, Switching Time, Rise/Fall Time, Switching Loss, Conduction Loss, SOA, Efficiency, Load Regulation, and Line Regulation.
• Validate Power MOSFETs, IGBTs, SiC MOSFETs, GaN devices, PMICs, BMS, DC-DC Converters, LDOs, Gate Drivers, Smart Power ICs, Motor Drivers, LED Drivers, and Power Modules.
• Develop automation scripts for instrument control, data acquisition, regression testing, and reporting.
• Perform systematic root cause analysis for hardware, firmware, silicon, and board-level issues.
• Prepare validation reports, characterization reports, reliability documentation, and support NPI, product qualification, and customer validation activities.

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 PMIC or power semiconductor bench validation and characterization.
• Experience with first silicon validation, board bring-up, hardware debugging, and product characterization.
• Strong understanding of laboratory validation methodologies and engineering documentation.

Technical Skills Power Semiconductor Validation

• PMIC Validation
• IGBT Validation
• GaN Device Validation
• BMS Validation
• LDO Validation
• Gate Driver Validation
• Smart Power IC Validation
• Motor Driver Validation
• LED Driver Validation
• Power Module Validation
• Functional Verification
• Reliability Testing
• High-Voltage & High-Current Validation
• Evaluation Board Development
• Interface Board Design
• Load Board Development
• Adapter Board Development
• Power Distribution Board Review
• PCB Review
• High-Current PCB Layout Review
• Bus Bar Implementation
• Kelvin Sensing
• Thermal Management Solutions