Post-Silicon ML Accelerator Validation Engineer

Amazon; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 144,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon's Annapurna Labs in Austin seeks a Software Development Engineer II on the Silicon Validation team to validate ML accelerators powering AWS infrastructure. You will work across silicon, PCB, and high-speed interfaces, collaborating with architecture, RTL, firmware, and software teams.

The role requires hands-on post-silicon validation experience, strong Python/C/C++/Rust skills, and familiarity with SystemVerilog/UVM, PCIe, and HBM.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field
• 3+ years of hands-on post-silicon validation or system validation engineering experience
• Strong programming skills (Python, Lua, C/C++, Rust) for production-quality test code
• Experience developing and executing validation test plans for complex SoCs, CPUs, or accelerators
• Hands-on lab experience with hardware bring-up and debug equipment
• Solid understanding of computer architecture and digital design principles
• Proficiency with Linux environments, Git, and SSH
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex hardware/software issues

Responsibilities

• Developing comprehensive validation strategies and detailed test plans covering functional, performance, power, and stress testing from silicon bring-up to product release
• Executing complex test plans from RTL simulation and emulation environments through physical silicon validation
• Conducting hands-on silicon bring-up and debug in the lab using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers
• Validating ML accelerator performance, accuracy, and reliability using real-world neural network workloads
• Building test infrastructure, CI/CD, and automated regression frameworks to enable efficient validation at scale
• Collaborating across architecture, design, firmware, and software teams to triage failures and drive root cause analysis to closure
• Reviewing test results, identifying patterns, and providing feedback to improve design quality and validation coverage
• Supporting production systems in AWS data centers and addressing field issues as they arise

Skills

Python

Lua

C/C++

Rust

Go

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field

Tools

SystemVerilog/UVM

VCS

Questa

Xcelium

Palladium

Zebu

Veloce

Job description

Amazon's Annapurna Labs in Austin seeks a Software Development Engineer II on the Silicon Validation team to validate ML accelerators powering AWS infrastructure. You will work across silicon, PCB, and high-speed interfaces, collaborating with architecture, RTL, firmware, and software teams.

The role requires hands-on post-silicon validation experience, strong Python/C/C++/Rust skills, and familiarity with SystemVerilog/UVM, PCIe, and HBM.