Senior FPGA Silicon Validation Engineer

Altera; George Town; On-site; MYR 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera in Penang, Malaysia is seeking an FPGA validation engineer to define and execute lab-based test environments, validate silicon against customer use models, and ensure performance and power targets are met. You will collaborate with architecture, design, software, and tools teams, applying PCIe and Ethernet knowledge to bring up silicon from prototype to production.

The role also requires hands-on debugging, documenting solutions, and managing validation programs in a fast-paced hardware

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering required.
• Master's degree in E&E preferred.
• Experience with FPGA validation, PCIe and Ethernet protocols.
• Able to develop lab-based test environments and characterize performance.

Responsibilities

• Define and develop FPGA designs to support customer use models.
• Create validation strategies and drive execution across teams.
• Troubleshoot silicon bring-up and qualify for product release.

Skills

FPGA design

Electrical validation

Test plan development

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (preferred)

Tools

Verilog/VHDL

Lab Equipment & Instrumentation

Job description

Job Details: Job Description: Defines and develops FPGA designs that mimics customer use model and enables FPGA silicon validation, IP, SW, tools, and integration. Defines and delivers continuous improvement of silicon validation environment and methodologies. Develops lab-based test environments and synthetic test content to characterize and test functionality, performance, and power and subsequently qualifies them for product release. Applies various hardware and software level tools and techniques to ensure functional coverage and that performance and power goals are met. Applies latest FPGA design flows, processes, and tools knowledge to improve quality and schedule. Implements digital logic functions in FPGA prototypes and validates the trade-off between architecture and design alternatives. Debugs and resolves silicon bring up issues, documents the solutions, troubleshoots, and debugs silicon from prototype to production. Collaborates with architecture, design, software, firmware, and tools teams to define validation strategy, develop test plans, and drive execution. You are required to know electrical validation knowledge on varies protocol such as PCIe, Ethernet and etc. The knowledge on signal integrity such as eye-diagram, jitter, BER and etc are essential. You are expected to manage the program. Debug on the electrical/performance issue during the validation cycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor with Electrical & Electronic(E&E) Engineering.
• Master with E&E Engineering is prefer.

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.

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