Senior Silicon Bring-Up & Integration Engineer

Blue Origin LLC; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 323,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation provided

Travel up to 20%

Job summary

Blue Origin LLC seeks a Sr Silicon Bring-Up and Integration Engineer to drive first-silicon bring-up of complex ASICs/SoCs, and to build low-level software and test infrastructure for hardware validation.

The role spans lab bring-up, troubleshooting across silicon, firmware, and system interfaces, and cross-functional collaboration with design, verification, and test teams. Onsite in multiple U.S. locations with travel.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in ASIC/SoC bring-up, post-silicon validation, embedded systems, or closely related fields.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• Hands-on experience with ASIC or SoC bring-up, post-silicon validation, or low-level hardware/software integration.
• Strong C/C++ programming experience for low-level hardware control, embedded software, firmware, or silicon diagnostics.
• Strong Python or equivalent scripting experience for test automation, instrumentation, and data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Silicon Bring-Up: perform first-silicon power-on, initialization, configuration, functional bring-up, and debugging of custom SoCs/ASICs.
• Low-Level Silicon Software: develop C/C++ software, firmware, diagnostics, and Python-based test infrastructure.
• Pre-Silicon Readiness: develop bring-up software/test sequences prior to silicon using simulation/emulation/FPGA.
• HW/SW Integration: integrate and debug software with silicon hardware including clocks, memory interfaces, and peripherals.
• Post-Silicon Validation: run functional, performance, stress, and corner-condition tests to validate silicon behavior.
• Silicon Characterization: support characterization across voltage, temperature, frequency, operating modes, and process variation.

Skills

C/C++ programming

Python scripting

Embedded systems

SoC/ASIC bring-up

Low-level hardware/software integra

JTAG/SPI/I2C/UART/PCIe interfaces

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering / Computer Science

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Power supplies

Job description

Blue Origin LLC seeks a Sr Silicon Bring-Up and Integration Engineer to drive first-silicon bring-up of complex ASICs/SoCs, and to build low-level software and test infrastructure for hardware validation.

The role spans lab bring-up, troubleshooting across silicon, firmware, and system interfaces, and cross-functional collaboration with design, verification, and test teams. Onsite in multiple U.S. locations with travel.