Senior Post-Silicon Validation Architect

K2Spacecorporation; United States; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in the company

Job summary

K2 Space is seeking a hands-on Senior Post-Silicon Validation Engineer to own silicon bring-up, characterization, and system-level validation of complex mixed-signal SoCs. You will define the validation strategy, build our test and validation capability from the ground up, and lead execution from first silicon through product readiness.

You will lead across power, clocks, RF interfaces, and high-speed connections, while partnering with FPGA, firmware, RTL, and systems teams to accelerate

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of post-silicon validation, SoC bring-up, silicon characterization, or related experience.
• Hands-on experience bringing up complex mixed-signal SoCs/ASICs and transitioning silicon into product/system integration.
• Hands-on experience with lab test and measurement equipment and RF/mixed-signal instrumentation.

Responsibilities

• Own post-silicon validation strategy, test planning, execution, coverage, and sign-off.
• Lead first silicon bring-up across power, clocks, debug interfaces, processor/memory subsystems, peripherals, and high-speed interfaces.
• Define and execute the validation strategy and readiness criteria for product integration.
• Own system-level test planning and execution, including functional, performance, stress, and corner-case testing.
• Help build the test and validation lab from the ground up, including equipment and automated characterization environments.
• Partner with RF/analog and mixed-signal designers on characterization of RF chains, PLLs, ADCs/DACs, clocking, and power.
• Work with systems/DSP teams to validate DSP/calibration algorithms on silicon and compare with models.
• Collaborate with FPGA, firmware, RTL/DV, hardware, and systems teams to accelerate silicon bring-up for integration.
• Drive cross-functional debug across silicon, firmware, RTL, package, board, and system boundaries.
• Build reusable automation for instrumentation control, data collection, analysis, regression, and reporting.
• Drive silicon issues from discovery through root cause, workaround, and resolution.

Skills

Post-silicon validation

SoC bring-up

Lab automation with Python

Embedded C/C++

Hardware/software debug

RF/mixed-signal understanding

System-level validation

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzers

Vector signal generators

Network analyzers

Logic analyzers

Power supplies

JTAG

SPI

UART

Job description

K2 Space is seeking a hands-on Senior Post-Silicon Validation Engineer to own silicon bring-up, characterization, and system-level validation of complex mixed-signal SoCs. You will define the validation strategy, build our test and validation capability from the ground up, and lead execution from first silicon through product readiness.

You will lead across power, clocks, RF interfaces, and high-speed connections, while partnering with FPGA, firmware, RTL, and systems teams to accelerate