ASIC Validation Engineer: Power, PVT & Lab Automation

Meta; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a hands-on ASIC validation engineer in Sunnyvale to advance PVT characterization, board bring-up, and test automation. You will work in a lab setting, using emulation platforms and silicon tests to verify features and report results.

The role requires strong Python skills and the ability to interpret schematics and platform docs. The position emphasizes cross-disciplinary collaboration with firmware, manufacturing, and design teams, with responsibilities spanning test

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree completed prior to joining Meta.
• 2+ years of relevant industry experience in ASIC validation, hardware bring-up, or related silicon engineering discipline.
• Hands-on lab experience with hardware bring-up, debug, and measurement.
• Experience with test and measurement instrumentation in a lab environment.
• Ability to read schematics and platform documentation.
• Proficiency in Python for test development and automation.
• Experience with pre-silicon (emulation/FPGA) or post-silicon validation Domain depth with multi-kW systems or rack-level power.
• Familiarity with firmware/BMC interfaces and telemetry collection.
• Exposure to PVT characterization.
• MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• Experience with custom silicon or data center hardware.
• Experience with both pre- and post-silicon validation.

Responsibilities

• Execute validation and PVT characterization test plans on emulation platforms and on silicon in the lab.
• Bring up boards and systems and set up test environments and instrumentation.
• Validate your domain's feature sets and report results against expected behavior.
• Run and interpret domain measurements.
• Write and maintain Python test scripts, automation, and analysis tooling; contribute to the team's shared validation framework.
• Triage and debug failures hands-on — narrow down whether an issue is silicon, firmware, driver, board, or test setup — and document findings clearly.
• Use schematics and platform documentation to probe the right signals or nets and interpret results correctly.
• Produce clean, reproducible characterization data and summaries for design, firmware, and manufacturing partners.
• Support lab infrastructure: bench, rack, and power setup; instrument calibration; switch and traffic-generator configuration; and keeping test environments running.

Skills

Python automation

Lab bring-up

Schematic interpretation

Test development

Debug and triage

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS

MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering or CS

Tools

Emulation platforms

Measurement instrumentation

Oscilloscopes/logic analyzers

Pre- and post-silicon validation

Job description

Meta is seeking a hands-on ASIC validation engineer in Sunnyvale to advance PVT characterization, board bring-up, and test automation. You will work in a lab setting, using emulation platforms and silicon tests to verify features and report results.

The role requires strong Python skills and the ability to interpret schematics and platform docs. The position emphasizes cross-disciplinary collaboration with firmware, manufacturing, and design teams, with responsibilities spanning test