Lead Silicon Validation Engineer Data Center Accelerators

Meta; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 178,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta's Infrastructure Silicon organization is seeking a Silicon Validation Engineer to lead silicon validation efforts for custom-designed accelerators and infrastructure ASICs powering Meta's data center fleet.

In this role, you will drive end-to-end validation strategy across the full silicon lifecycle — from pre-silicon planning and emulation-based verification through post-silicon bring-up, characterization, and fleet-scale deployment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of silicon validation experience.
• 8+ years in pre-silicon validation environments (RTL sim, emulation, FPGA).
• Post-silicon debug using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, JTAG, or protocol analyzers.
• Experience building validation automation using Python/C/C++.
• Cross-team collaboration across ASIC design, firmware, and systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and own validation strategies for custom infrastructure ASICs and accelerators across pre- and post-silicon.
• Lead pre-silicon validation planning using simulation and emulation, mapping tests to specs and corner cases.
• Drive post-silicon bring-up activities including board-level debug and firmware integration.
• Develop and maintain automated validation frameworks and diagnostics for scaling to fleet deployments.
• Collaborate with design and architecture teams to influence testability and future silicon.
• Establish silicon quality metrics, characterization data, and yield analysis.
• Validate host-side integration, PCIe and fabric interconnects across full-stack servers.
• Identify systemic failure modes and drive corrective actions (errata, firmware workarounds).
• Mentor engineers on validation methodologies and best practices.
• Contribute to long-term validation roadmaps and tooling investments.

Skills

Validation strategy

Pre-silicon planning

Post-silicon bring-up

Automation frameworks

Collaboration with design

Quality metrics

Host integration

Failure analysis

Mentorship

Roadmapping

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Meta's Infrastructure Silicon organization is seeking a Silicon Validation Engineer to lead silicon validation efforts for custom-designed accelerators and infrastructure ASICs powering Meta's data center fleet.

In this role, you will drive end-to-end validation strategy across the full silicon lifecycle — from pre-silicon planning and emulation-based verification through post-silicon bring-up, characterization, and fleet-scale deployment.