Board Verification Engineer

TekWissen ®; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 56,826 - 80,934; Full time

Job summary

A leading semiconductor company is seeking a Validation Engineer for a temporary contract in Austin, TX. The role focuses on GPU validation, involving pre-silicon and post-silicon testing. Candidates should have strong skills in power electronics, experience with various industry-standard protocols, and proficiency in using oscilloscopes and protocol analyzers. Join a dynamic team dedicated to creating innovative semiconductor solutions in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Excellent understanding of multiphase power converters.
• Demonstrated ability to work with electronic loads and protocol analyzers.
• Experience with hardware and firmware interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute GPU validation test plans.
• Collaborate with design teams for performance assessments.
• Test new designs against specifications.

Skills

Understanding of power electronics fundamentals

Familiarity with I2C, SPI, I3C

Experience with high-speed interface characterization

Proficient with oscilloscopes and protocol analyzers

Ability to document experimental results

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multi-meters

Power transistors

PWM controllers

Job description

Base Pay Range

$50.00/hr - $50.00/hr

Work Location

Austin, TX 78728

Duration

12 Months

Work Type

Temporary Assignment

Job Type

Onsite

Overview

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. This Client is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. global company that specializes in manufacturing semiconductor devices used in computer processing. The company also produces flash memories, graphics processors, motherboard chip sets, and a variety of components used in consumer electronics goods.

Job Description

This role is a Validation Engineer focusing on GPU pre-silicon and post-silicon PCBA validation test plans and execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Define, develop, and execute the Datacenter GPU pre-silicon and post-silicon PCBA validation test plans and schedule with cross-functional engagement from the various design teams, program leads and, program managers.
• Develop platform validation plans and flows while ensuring end to end coverage.
• Develop and implement debug strategies to drive resolution of issues across all phases of the program.
• Collaborate across multiple disciplines (hardware, firmware, software, and/or data center infrastructure) on design requirements and risks, design reviews, proof of concept projects, assessing system tradeoffs and impact on performance, identifying dependencies for validation and manufacturing tests.
• Through comprehensive laboratory work, test new designs to verify compliance to original specifications.
• Support various teams with board and system related issues during the characterization and launch phases of new board development.
• Set‑up and utilize dashboards for tracking execution tasks, issues identified, gaps in relevant processes, proposed design changes and lessons learned.
• Review converter topologies and select power components like PWM controllers, power transistors and passive filter elements such as magnetics and capacitors.
• Provide comprehensive yet concise execution and issue updates to management.

Preferred Experience

• Excellent understanding of the fundamentals of power electronics with special emphasis on multiphase power converters.
• Familiarity with the low‑speed industry standard protocols such as I2C, SPI, I3C, SVI2, SVI3 and for the high‑speed industry standard protocols such as PCIe Gen 5.
• High‑speed interface characterization.
• Demonstrated ability to work with oscilloscopes, multi-meters, current probes, electronic loads, and protocol analyzers as well as adept at intuitive reasoning to explain and correct unexpected results.
• Proficient at documenting experimental results in a structured manner for ease of reference.
• Experience with hardware, firmware, management firmware, and/or software (system & application stack) interfaces across all modules in a system.
• FPGA and CPLD development knowledge.
• Knowledge of schematic capture, circuit design, routing constraints definition, layout review and simulation.
• Power and signal integrity analysis.
• Strong analytical, communication and collaboration skills.
• Must excel in a dynamic team working environment and independently drive tasks to completion.
• Leadership and mentoring skills an asset.

Top Must Have Skills

• Familiarity with the low‑speed industry standard protocols such as I2C, SPI, I3C, SVI2, SVI3 and for the high‑speed industry standard protocols such as PCIe Gen 5.
• High‑speed interface characterization.
• Demonstrated ability to work with oscilloscopes, multi-meters, current probes, electronic loads, and protocol analyzers as well as adept at intuitive reasoning to explain and correct unexpected results.
• Proficient at documenting experimental results in a structured manner for ease of reference.
• Experience with hardware, firmware, management firmware, and/or software (system & application stack) interfaces across all modules in a system.

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.

Seniority Level

Associate

Employment Type

Contract

Job Function

Other

Industries

Computers and Electronics Manufacturing