Senior Post-Silicon Validation Engineer — MEMS Timing

SiTime; Rijswijk; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

SiTime is seeking a Principal Post-Silicon Validation Engineer to provide technical leadership for validation, characterization, and productization of MEMS-based precision timing products. You will define validation strategies, measurement methodologies, release criteria, and risk assessment from first silicon through production release.

This hands-on leader will mentor engineers, drive cross-functional initiatives, and collaborate with design, test, quality, reliability, and operations teams to

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or related field.
• 10+ years in post-silicon validation, characterization, and productization.
• Experience leading cross-functional projects from concept to production release.
• Strong knowledge of analog and mixed-signal circuits and measurement techniques.
• Hands-on with lab instruments and automated test systems.
• Experience in Python, MATLAB, or similar for data processing.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead post-silicon validation and characterization strategies for MEMS timing products.
• Provide hands-on leadership for validation across multiple product lines and sites.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution as Systems Engineering Lead.
• Define validation methodologies, test coverage, release criteria and risk assessment.
• Develop system-level validation for frequency accuracy, phase noise, jitter, and stability.
• Collaborate with MEMS and circuit design to improve performance and manufacturability.
• Lead debugging, failure analysis, and root-cause investigations.
• Architect test platforms, firmware, and data-analysis infra for characterization.

Skills

Post-silicon validation

Cross-functional leadership

Data analysis

Python

MATLAB

Hardware debugging

Measurement techniques

Education

MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Lab instrumentation

Automated test systems

Timing metrology systems

Embedded firmware

Job description

SiTime is seeking a Principal Post-Silicon Validation Engineer to provide technical leadership for validation, characterization, and productization of MEMS-based precision timing products. You will define validation strategies, measurement methodologies, release criteria, and risk assessment from first silicon through production release.

This hands-on leader will mentor engineers, drive cross-functional initiatives, and collaborate with design, test, quality, reliability, and operations teams to