Onsite Hardware Validation Engineer - Power, I2C/SPI/UART

HCLTech; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 88,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Pharmacy coverage

Life insurance

AD&D insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

401(k) retirement plan

10 days paid time off per year

10 paid holidays per year

Job summary

HCLTech in Austin, TX is seeking a Hardware Validation Engineer to lead pre-silicon and post-silicon validation efforts for next‑generation hardware platforms. You will perform board bring-up, power validation, hardware debugging, and validate interfaces such as I2C, SPI, and UART on development boards.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience, hands-on lab skills, and the ability to collaborate with design, firmware, and test teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in hardware validation, board bring-up, and debugging.
• Experience with pre-silicon and post-silicon validation environments.
• Hands-on power validation at board and silicon levels.
• Experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and lab equipment.
• Knowledge of low-speed communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, and UART.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Basic Python automation experience is desirable.
• Excellent communication skills and customer-facing environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform hardware board bring-up and debug activities for pre-silicon and post-silicon validation platforms.
• Validate and characterize voltage regulator and power delivery systems at board and silicon levels.
• Execute power validation, functional testing, and root cause analysis of hardware issues.
• Validate low-speed interfaces including I2C, SPI, UART, and other peripheral subsystems.
• Support PDVT, EDVT, and system-level validation activities.
• Work closely with hardware design, silicon, firmware, and test teams to resolve issues and improve product quality.
• Develop and execute test plans, collect data, and document validation results.
• Contribute to automation initiatives using Python scripting where applicable.

Skills

Hardware validation

Board bring-up

Power validation

Debugging

I2C

SPI

UART

Pre-silicon validation

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Lab equipment

Python

Job description

HCLTech in Austin, TX is seeking a Hardware Validation Engineer to lead pre-silicon and post-silicon validation efforts for next‑generation hardware platforms. You will perform board bring-up, power validation, hardware debugging, and validate interfaces such as I2C, SPI, and UART on development boards.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years of experience, hands-on lab skills, and the ability to collaborate with design, firmware, and test teams.