Technical Lead (Silicon Validation)

eInfochips (An Arrow Company); Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

eInfochips (An Arrow Company) in Hyderabad, India is seeking a senior hardware validation and silicon bring-up expert. The role focuses on pre- and post-silicon validation for complex SoCs, MCUs, and ASICs, with hands-on debugging of power, clocking, and interfaces.

You will read schematics, perform pin-level tracing, and mentor junior engineers in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. Responsibilities include leading validation plans, lab validation, and root-cause analysis for boot

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of hands-on silicon bring-up and hardware validation experience.
• Experience with SoC, MCU, or ASIC bring-up and functional validation.
• Hands-on debugging of power, reset, clocking, straps, and configuration errors.
• Experience debugging PCIe, Ethernet, CAN/CAN FD, LIN, UART, I2C, or SPI interfaces.
• Strong understanding of SRAM/Flash, signal integrity, and hardware failure analysis.

Responsibilities

• Lead pre- and post-silicon validation activities for complex SoCs, MCUs, and ASICs.
• Drive board bring-up covering power, reset, clock, straps, fuses, hardware initialization, and JTAG debug.
• Develop and execute validation plans, test cases, and debug strategies for functional and system-level validation.
• Lead hardware debug and root-cause investigations of boot failures, system hangs, data corruption, and intermittent failures.
• Read schematics and perform pin-level signal tracing to isolate hardware issues.
• Collaborate with RTL/design, firmware, architecture, and system teams to close issues.
• Mentor validation engineers and guide technical debug approaches.

Skills

Silicon bring-up

Board debugging

Power/Reset/Clock

Lab validation

Signal integrity

Root-cause analysis

Mentoring

PCIe/Ethernet/CAN protocols

Education

BE/B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech in Electronics/ECE/Embedded Systems

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Protocol analyzers

JTAG

Job description

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead pre & post-silicon functional validation activities for complex SoCs, MCUs, and ASICs.
• Drive board bring-up covering power, reset, clock, straps, fuses, hardware initialization, and JTAG debug.
• Develop and execute validation plans, test cases, and debug strategies for functional and system-level validation.
• Lead hardware debug and failure analysis by performing root cause investigations of boot failures, system hangs, data corruption, memory access issues, and intermittent hardware failures.
• Validate and debug interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, CAN/CAN FD, LIN, FlexRay, UART, I2C, and SPI.
• Perform Lab Validation & debugging using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, bus sniffers, and JTAG.
• Validate SRAM/Flash and debug memory initialization, access, and data integrity issues.
• Read schematics and perform pin-level signal tracing to isolate hardware issues.
• Work with RTL/design, firmware, architecture, and system teams to identify root causes and drive issues to closure.
• Lead technical debug activities and mentor validation engineers.

Job Complexity

• Leads technical execution of silicon validation and hardware debug activities.
• Provides technical guidance on silicon bring-up, validation, failure analysis, and debug methodologies.
• Review validation plans, test methodologies, and debug approaches.
• Coordinates with cross-functional teams to resolve complex silicon and system-level issues.
• Drive issue tracking, validation metrics, and closure activities.
• Mentor junior engineers on silicon debug and validation best practices.

What Are We Looking For

• 10-15 years of strong hands-on expertise in silicon bring-up, board-level debugging, protocol validation, hardware failure analysis, and lab-based validation on real silicon platforms.
• Strong experience with SoC, MCU, or ASIC bring-up and functional validation.
• Hands-on experience with power, reset, clocking, straps, configuration errors.
• Experience debugging PCIe, Ethernet, CAN/CAN FD, LIN, FlexRay, UART, I2C, or SPI interfaces.
• Strong understanding of SRAM/Flash, register-level configuration, signal integrity, and hardware failure analysis.
• Proficiency with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and other hardware debug equipment.
• Ability to read schematics and perform pin-level signal tracing.
• Strong root-cause analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Experience leading technical debug activities and mentoring engineers.

Education

• B.E./B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, Computer Engineering, or related field.