Lead FPGA SoC USB Validation Engineer (Post-Silicon)

754 Altera Semiconductor Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd.; George Town; On-site; MYR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera invites experienced engineers to join the Silicon Validation team in Penang, Malaysia, focusing on robust HPS USB subsystems for FPGA SoC devices. You will lead end-to-end validation of USB host/device functionality, boot flows, connectivity, and peripheral integration, with hands-on SoC bring-up and advanced silicon debugging.

The role requires strong expertise in USB protocols, embedded Linux environments, and test automation, working closely with architecture, firmware, and platform

Qualifications

• 8+ years of post-silicon validation experience with emphasis on SoC, HPS, USB, or high-speed I/O subsystems.
• Strong understanding of USB 2.0/3.x architecture, protocol layers, enumeration, link training, power management, and compliance requirements.
• Experience validating embedded processor subsystems, including boot loaders, Linux environments, device drivers, memory bring-up, and peripheral validation.
• Strong hardware and software debug skills with experience troubleshooting complex system-level issues.
• Experience with USB protocol analyzers (LeCroy Voyager, Total Phase, etc.), oscilloscopes, and validation lab equipment.
• Proficiency in Python, TCL, or similar scripting languages for automation and test infrastructure development.
• Familiarity with FPGA SoC architectures and embedded systems is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute post-silicon validation strategies for HPS USB subsystems, including USB host/device/OTG and interoperability scenarios.
• Perform system bring-up and debug of HPS subsystems, focusing on USB connectivity, protocol compliance, reset sequencing, clocking, PHY initialization, and hw-sw interactions.
• Create and execute test plans for USB protocol validation, interoperability testing, stress testing, performance benchmarking, negative testing, and corner cases.
• Debug silicon issues using protocol analyzers, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG debuggers, and USB compliance tools.
• Drive root-cause analysis and triage across silicon, firmware, software, and platform components.
• Develop automation frameworks and regression environments using Python, TCL, Bash, or similar scripting languages.
• Collaborate with architecture, firmware, design, and board teams to improve USB validation coverage, observability, and debug capabilities for future products.
• Drive innovation in validation methodologies, automation, and infrastructure to improve quality, scalability, and execution efficiency.

Skills

Post-silicon validation

USB validation

Python scripting

Linux

Hardware debugging

System bring-up

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical & Electronics / Computer Engineering / Computer Science

Tools

LeCroy Voyager

Total Phase

Oscilloscopes

JTAG debuggers

Validation lab equipment

Job description

Altera invites experienced engineers to join the Silicon Validation team in Penang, Malaysia, focusing on robust HPS USB subsystems for FPGA SoC devices. You will lead end-to-end validation of USB host/device functionality, boot flows, connectivity, and peripheral integration, with hands-on SoC bring-up and advanced silicon debugging.

The role requires strong expertise in USB protocols, embedded Linux environments, and test automation, working closely with architecture, firmware, and platform