Senior Technical Lead

UST; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

UST is seeking a Senior Technical Lead for Semiconductor Product Validation. You will own hardware–software interactions, perform failure triage, and drive root-cause analysis across silicon, firmware, and drivers. The role demands strong leadership, client communication, and delivery governance with KPI dashboards.

You will mentor teams, coordinate lab resources, and ensure milestone delivery in dynamic programs while maintaining high-quality validation practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in hardware–software validation and root-cause analysis across silicon/firmware/driver.
• Proven ability to lead execution teams with KPI dashboards and on-time delivery.
• Strong communication with clients and senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Single point of technical ownership for hardware–software interactions, failure triage, and root cause analysis across silicon/firmware/driver.
• Builds and scales execution teams with quality and dashboard-driven visibility.
• Lead reviews, manage risks, and ensure reliable delivery of validation milestones.
• Mentor and lead delivery teams, driving performance and execution discipline.

Skills

WinDbg

USB

Debugging

Post-Silicon Validation

Device Drivers

Thunderbolt

Issue Analysis

Failure Triage

Windows Driver Validation

Logic Trace Analysis

BIOS

Job description

Role Description

UST Job Title: SME I - Semiconductor Product Validation

At UST, we help the world’s best organizations grow and succeed through transformation. Bringing together the right talent, tools, and ideas, we work with our client to co-create lasting change. Together, with over 30,000 employees in over 25 countries, we build for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at .

The Opportunity

UST is looking for Senior Technical Lead.

Responsibilities

• Single point of technical ownership for hardware–software interactions, failure triage, and root cause across silicon/firmware/driver.
• Builds and scales execution teams with consistent quality, predictability, and dashboard driven visibility with no escalations
• Reduces escalations and time to RCA, enabling
• Leadership & Delivery: Strong people leadership ,Mentoring, performance management and execution discipline.
• Excellent client communication, solution oriented problem solving and high ownership in dynamic programs.
• Client Engagement: Translate milestones into execution plans (resources, tools, lab space, infra), lead reviews/syncs, and proactively manage risks/blockers, reliable delivery of validation milestones
• Debug & RCA: Drive system/kernel level investigations, failure reproduction, crash dump analysis, trace/log capture, and cross domain RCA , Guide fixes with silicon/firmware/driver teams.
• Talent in WinDBG / KD, JTAG, ITP, TDT, DCI, LTB, kernel installation/KD setup, trace capture; crash dump acquisition and analysis.
• Reporting & Governance: Maintain KPI dashboards (schedule, quality, throughput), assure 100% on time delivery, and lead continuous improvement.
• Technical Expertise (SME) Platform & Subsystems: Installation/configuration/ deep experience in Windows driver validation and execution in silicon qualification flows.
• System BIOS/UEFI, USB, Type C, Thunderbolt, DisplayPort, Camera, Storage, Desktop, Power Management, Flash/NAND, Memory Management; strong grasp of PC subsystems architecture.
• Protocols & Signals: Working knowledge of USB, PCIe, ability to capture/analyse logic traces and ACPI logs, analyse system (S states) and device (D states)

What We Believe

We’re proud to embrace the same values that have shaped UST since the beginning. Since day one, we’ve been building enduring relationships and a culture of integrity. And today, it's those same values that are inspiring us to encourage innovation from everyone, to champion diversity and inclusion and to place people at the centre of everything we do.

Humility

We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone.

Humanity

Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Integrity

We honour our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

UST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion, or sexual orientation.

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, colour, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance.

• To support and promote the values of UST.
• Comply with all Company policies and procedures

Skills

WinDbg, USB, Debugging, Post-Silicon Validation, Device Drivers, Thunderbolt, Issue Analysis, Failure Triage, Windows Driver Validation, Logic Trace Analysis, BIOS