Product Validation Engineer

754 Altera Semiconductor Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd.; George Town; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

754 Altera Semiconductor Technology (M) Sdn. Bhd. in Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia, seeks a post-silicon validation engineer to drive timing and power validation for MCP FPGA devices.

You will bridge pre-silicon models to real silicon performance and develop validation patterns for advanced architectures. Key responsibilities include executing validation plans on ATE platforms, analyzing silicon data, and collaborating with global designers to optimize yield and speed binning while ensuring

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of hands-on post-silicon validation, test engineering, or hardware characterization.
• Practical experience in static/dynamic power measurement, timing characterization, and power-domain analysis for complex ICs or FPGAs.
• Hands-on experience with ATE tester platforms and scripting languages for automated test execution and data analysis.
• Solid understanding of digital logic design, advanced packaging (MCP), and programmable logic architectures.
• Strong data-driven problem solving with statistical methods.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute post-silicon validation plans to measure and analyze static/dynamic power consumption, power domains, and complex timing parameters across advanced FPGA architectures.
• Create, optimize, and debug FPGA validation pattern sets tailored for multi-chip packages (MCP) and core logic circuits.
• Drive test plans on various ATE tester platforms and bench setups to enable robust volume characterization and silicon bring-up.
• Analyze empirical silicon performance data to validate and correlate pre-silicon simulation and power/timing models against physical hardware results.
• Conduct deep-dive statistical data analysis to identify performance trends, supporting product speed and power binning strategies to maximize efficiency and yield.
• Partner with global chip designers, software model engineers, and test teams to debug silicon anomalies, analyze material composition impacts, and drive issue resolution.

Skills

Power measurement

Post-silicon validation

FPGA

ATE testing

Python/Perl/Tcl scripting

Data analysis

Digital logic

MCP packaging

Education

BS or MS in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

Python scripting

ATE testers

Tcl scripting

Data analysis tools

Bench equipment

Job description

Job Details: Job Description:

The Role & Your Impact Join Altera’s post-silicon validation team in Bayan Lepas, driving the validation of timing and static/dynamic power models for our advanced Multi-Chip Package (MCP) FPGAs. In this role, you will bridge the gap between pre-silicon models and real-world silicon performance. You will develop validation pattern sets, execute complex power and timing characterization on ATE platforms, and directly contribute to optimizing silicon yield and speed binning strategies.

What You Will Do:

• Power & Timing Validation Execution: Develop and execute post-silicon validation plans to measure and analyze static/dynamic power consumption, power domains, and complex timing parameters across advanced FPGA architectures.
• Validation Pattern & Test Development: Create, optimize, and debug FPGA validation pattern sets tailored for multi-chip packages (MCP) and core logic circuits.
• ATE & Platform Characterization: Drive test plans on various ATE tester platforms and bench setups to enable robust volume characterization and silicon bring-up.
• Simulation-to-Silicon Correlation: Analyze empirical silicon performance data to validate and correlate pre-silicon simulation and power/timing models against physical hardware results.
• Data Analysis & Binning Support: Conduct deep-dive statistical data analysis to identify performance trends, supporting product speed and power binning strategies to maximize efficiency and yield.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with global chip designers, software model engineers, and test teams to debug silicon anomalies, analyze material composition impacts, and drive issue resolution.

Qualifications: What We Are Looking For:

• Education & Experience: BS or MS in Electrical/Electronic Engineering or a related field with 3 to 6 years of hands‑on industry experience in post-silicon validation, test engineering, or hardware characterization.
• Power & Performance Foundation: Practical experience in static/dynamic power measurement, timing characterization, and power domain analysis for complex ICs or FPGAs.
• Tester & Automation Skills: Hands‑on experience with ATE tester platforms and proficiency in scripting languages (such as Python, Perl, or Tcl) for automated test execution and data analysis.
• FPGA & Digital Logic Knowledge: Solid understanding of digital logic design, advanced packaging (MCP), and programmable logic architectures.
• Analytical Mindset: Strong problem‑solving skills with experience using statistical methods or data analysis tools to evaluate silicon data trends and drive product quality goals.

Job Type: Regular

Shift: Shift 1 (Malaysia)

Primary Location: Penang 15, Penang, Malaysia

Additional Locations:

Posting Statement: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

About Altera Altera:

Accelerating Innovators Altera provides leadership programmable solutions that are easy-to-use and deploy in applications from cloud to edge, offering limitless AI possibilities. Our end-to-end broad portfolio of products including FPGAs, CPLDs, Intellectual Property, development tools, System on Modules, SmartNICs and IPUs provide the flexibility to accelerate innovation. Altera is helping to shape the future through pioneering innovation that unlocks extraordinary possibilities for everyone on the planet.