Post-Silicon Power & Performance Validation Engineer

Ampere; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Unlimited flextime

10+ paid holidays

Job summary

Ampere, a leading semiconductor design company, seeks a silicon validation engineer to own post-silicon power management validation across hardware and software. You will run software on silicon and collaborate with DV, Platform, and Software teams to optimize performance.

You will develop automated test infra, design stress tests, and drive improvements in power validation across OS, BIOS, and drivers using logic analyzers and oscilloscopes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in system-level test development and post-silicon validation.
• At least 2 years focused on processor active/idle power management, power characterization, VF curve, and thermal analysis.
• Proficient in assembly, Python, or C/C++.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of post-silicon validation for system power and processor power management features, covering hardware and software aspects.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance test infrastructure for automated execution and metrics collection.
• Design and execute comprehensive post-silicon test plans by running software on silicon and leveraging simulation results from design verification teams.
• Develop stress and evaluation tests to characterize power and frequency behavior under idle, TDP, and real-world use cases.
• Lead silicon bring-up, boot processes, debugging, and device characterization efforts.
• Collaborate on debug architecture improvements to streamline silicon issue resolution.
• Drive continuous improvement by developing new tools and methodologies for power validation.
• Identify and implement power optimizations across OS, BIOS, drivers, and SoC layers.
• Utilize advanced instrumentation such as logic analyzers, debuggers, and oscilloscopes in a post-silicon environment.

Skills

Assembly

Python

C/C++

CPU architectures

Power management

Debugging

RTL concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

MS degree in related field

PhD in related field

Tools

Logic Analyzers

Oscilloscopes

Debuggers

Silicon Bring-up tools

Compilers

Job description

Ampere, a leading semiconductor design company, seeks a silicon validation engineer to own post-silicon power management validation across hardware and software. You will run software on silicon and collaborate with DV, Platform, and Software teams to optimize performance.

You will develop automated test infra, design stress tests, and drive improvements in power validation across OS, BIOS, and drivers using logic analyzers and oscilloscopes.