Senior Manager, Post-Silicon Validation Engineering

Lattice Semiconductor; Pune District; On-site; INR 6,000,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Lattice Semiconductor seeks a Senior Manager in Silicon Design Validation to lead a highly motivated team, providing strategic oversight across the post‑silicon lifecycle from first silicon to production release. You will guide validation plans, drive IP characterization, and collaborate with design, verification, manufacturing, and quality teams.

The ideal candidate has 15+ years in silicon validation, 3–5 years in a leadership role, and degrees in Electrical Engineering, with deep

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in silicon validation.
• 3–5 years in a leadership role.
• Master or Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Proven track record in managing complex validation projects and leading cross-functional teams.
• Deep expertise in high-speed SerDes interface characterization and protocol compliance testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team focused on validation and characterization of analog, digital, and mixed‑signal IPs from initial silicon bring‑up to production qualification.
• Develop validation plans, bench hardware and software requirements, and ensure necessary tools and infrastructure.
• Create custom RTL test logic to support validation and characterization efforts.
• Drive silicon bring‑up and debug, including datasheet parameter characterization and data analysis.
• Collaborate across design, verification, manufacturing, test, quality, and marketing/application teams.

Skills

Verilog/VHDL

FPGA design

Python

Perl

Statistical analysis

VNA

Oscilloscopes

SerDes testing

PCIe testing

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

BERT

Job description

Lattice Overview

Lattice Overview There is energy here…energy you can feel crackling at any of our international locations. It’s an energy generated by enthusiasm for our work, for our teams, for our results, and for our customers. Lattice is a worldwide community of engineers, designers, and manufacturing operations specialists in partnership with world‑class sales, marketing, and support teams, who are developing programmable logic solutions that are changing the industry. Our focus is on R&D, product innovation, and customer service, and to that focus, we bring total commitment and a keenly sharp competitive personality. Energy feeds on energy. If you flourish in a fast paced, results‑oriented environment, if you want to achieve individual success within a “team first” organization, and if you believe you can contribute and succeed in a demanding yet collegial atmosphere, then Lattice may well be just what you’re looking for.

Job Description: Job Description

As a Senior Manager in Silicon Design Validation, You lead a highly motivated team focused on ensuring the quality and performance of advanced semiconductor products. Your role provides strategic oversight and technical direction across the full post‑silicon lifecycle, from first silicon arrival to production release.

Key Leadership Areas

• Technology Enablement & Learning Culture Fostering a learning environment where engineers gain hands‑on experience with FPGA architectures and foundational IP blocks such as SERDES (PMA/PCS), DDR memory (DDR4, LPDDR4, DDR5), DPHY, PLLs, DSPs, MIPI, Fabric, and I/O subsystems.


• Validation/Characterization Strategy & Execution Overseeing the validation and characterization of analog, digital, and mixed‑signal IPs, ensuring robust coverage from initial silicon bring‑up through production qualification.


• Planning & Infrastructure Development Guiding the development of validation plans, including bench hardware and software requirements, and ensure the team has the necessary tools and infrastructure to execute effectively.


• RTL Development for Test Enablement Supervising the creation of custom RTL test logic to support targeted validation and characterization efforts, enabling deeper insight into IP behavior.


• Silicon Bring‑Up & Debug Leadership Driving the bring‑up of new silicon products, driving validation and debug activities to assess IP functionality and performance. This includes characterizing datasheet parameters, performing statistical analysis of measured data, and overseeing datasheet preparation.


• Cross‑Functional Collaboration Acting as the central liaison between design, verification, manufacturing, test, quality, and marketing/application teams, ensuring alignment and smooth transition from silicon arrival to product release.


• Customer Support & Issue Resolution Providing leadership in resolving post‑release customer issues, coordinating with internal teams to ensure timely and effective solutions.

You Have…

• 15+ years of experience in silicon validation, including 3–5 years in a leadership role.


• Master or Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with a strong passion for engineering and management in silicon design validation.


• Proven track record in managing complex validation projects and leading cross‑functional teams.


• Deep expertise in high‑speed SerDes interface characterization and protocol compliance testing (e.g., PCIe, Ethernet, SDI, CoaXpress, JESD204, MIPI D‑PHY, CSI/DSI‑2, USB, DisplayPort, HDMI).


• Strong background in high‑speed board design, signal integrity evaluation, and debug.


• Proficient in Verilog/VHDL and FPGA design implementation using industry‑standard tools.


• Skilled in test automation development using Python and Perl.


• Solid understanding of statistical analysis and tools such as JMP and R.


• Hands‑on experience with bench equipment including BERT, VNA, oscilloscopes, and protocol analyzers.


• Exposure to FPGA‑based emulation and prototyping environments.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for effective collaboration across teams.


• Highly self‑motivated, proactive, and strong in critical thinking and problem‑solving.

Who Are We?

At Lattice, we’re a collaborative and solutions‑driven team that values innovation, problem‑solving, and having fun along the way. We specialize in developing low‑power, programmable logic technologies that power a wide range of applications—from the Edge to the Cloud. Our products and solutions span differentiated programmable logic devices, system‑level solutions, design services, and IP licensing. As the leader in low‑power programmable technology, we help solve complex customer challenges across communications, computing, industrial, automotive, and consumer markets. What sets us apart is our deep technical expertise, long‑standing customer relationships, and commitment to world‑class support. Together, we’re enabling a smarter, more secure, and connected world.

Additional Information:

This position requires a successful background and reference checks and satisfactory proof of your right to work in: India. Lattice recognizes that employees are its greatest asset and the driving force behind success in a highly competitive, global industry. Lattice continually strives to provide a comprehensive compensation and benefits program to attract, retain, motivate, reward and celebrate the highest caliber employees in the industry. Lattice is an international, service‑driven developer of innovative low cost, low power programmable design solutions. Our global workforce, some 1,000 strong, shares a total commitment to customer success and an unbending will to win.

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Values

• At Lattice, we value the diversity of individuals, ideas, perspectives, insights and values, and what they bring to the workplace. Applications are welcome from all qualified candidates. At Lattice, our core values aren’t just something we look for in candidates – they’re something we actively cultivate and live by every day.


• GROWTH - We foster a culture where everyone strives for continuous learning and development. We challenge ourselves to boldly deliver exceptional growth and value for customers and shareholders.


• RELIABILITY - Our customers trust us to deliver, and we take that responsibility seriously. By committing ourselves to dependable supply, support, and solutions, we build strong collaboration that lasts and thrives.


• EXECUTION - Innovation turns great ideas into results. Together, we create differentiated products and solutions through disciplined planning, decisiveness, and timely delivery with uncompromising quality.


• ACCOUNTABILITY - We own our actions and outcomes: holding ourselves to the highest standards, agilely adapting to change, delivering on our commitments, and empowering each other to drive our success.


• TRANSPARENCY - Openness builds trust. We lead with integrity and candor, facing hard facts and embracing tough conversations with clear communication, decisive action, and open honesty at every level.

Company Profile

Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC) is the low power programmable leader. For over 40 years, Lattice has driven innovation in the semiconductor industry. Our compact, power‑efficient field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are essential to building a secure, intelligent, and connected world. Lattice is the #1 supplier of small FPGAs worldwide, with the largest installed base in the industry. Our solutions are trusted by over 11,000 customers globally, spanning the compute, communications, industrial, and embedded markets. Founded in 1983 in Oregon’s Silicon Forest, Lattice has grown into a global leader with a passionate team dedicated to pushing the boundaries of programmable logic and fostering a culture of innovation. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon with major operations in San Jose, California, Shanghai, China, and Manilla, Philippines.