Senior Silicon Validation Engineer, Kuiper Silicon

Ex-MilitaryCareers.com USA; Washington, Redmond (District of Columbia, WA); On-site; USD 143,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company at the forefront of satellite technology! As a Senior Silicon Validation Engineer, you'll be instrumental in developing innovative solutions for mm-wave SoCs, enabling high-speed connectivity for underserved communities. Collaborate with a diverse team to design and maintain lab setups, write automation software, and ensure the reliability of cutting-edge products. This role offers the chance to work on exciting projects that make a real difference in the world, all while being part of an inclusive culture that values your contributions. If you're passionate about technology and eager to drive impactful results, this is the opportunity for you!

Qualifications

• 5+ years in silicon validation engineering with a focus on mm-wave SoCs.
• Experience in Python, C/C++, and C# for automation and testing.
• Strong background in building lab setups for validation and debugging.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans for functional verification and characterization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for silicon bring-up and debug.
• Construct specialized setups for physical and electrical failure analysis.

Skills

Silicon Validation Engineering

Python

C/C++

C#

mm-wave SoC Validation

RF Feature Validation

Test Plan Development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Communications Engineering

Master's or PhD in Electrical/Communications Engineering

Tools

Vector Network Analyzers (VNAs)

Spectrum Analyzers

Logic Analyzers

Oscilloscopes

Probe-Stations

Pattern Generators

Job description

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world.

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As Senior Silicon Validation Engineer, you will engage with an experienced cross-disciplinary staff to conceive and design innovative product solutions. You'll be responsible for building, maintaining, and operating lab bench setups and probe-stations to enable high-volume production test of mm-wave SoCs for Project Kuiper. Lab bench setups will span wafer level and package level setups as well as digital and RF focused setups. You'll also be responsible for writing automation software for some of these setups. You'll work closely with silicon design teams, ATE engineers, and failure analysis engineers to bring-up, test, characterize and debug complex SoCs. You must be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within an open collaborative peer environment.

Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities
- Develop and execute test plans for functional verification and characterization, focused both RF feature validation as well as test mode validation for ATPG, HTOL, etc.
- Specify, build, maintain, and operate lab bench setups for mm-wave SoC and front-end validation and debug at both the wafer level and package level.
- Implement test plans by developing software tests and flows for system validation and verification.
- Work with lab bench mm-wave test systems to correlate bench and ATE results.
- Work throughout the entire project life-cycle, from early pre-silicon planning and test development, through end-of-life characterization and failure debug.
- Enable lab-bench bring-up of silicon ATE test program across multiple SoCs.
- Collaborate closely with firmware, ATE, and reliability engineers reduce test cost and increase reliability of Kuiper custom silicon.
- Conduct in-system s-parameter, signal integrity, and power integrity measurements and compare with simulation models.
- Construct specialized bench setups to support physical and electrical failure analysis of units returned from ATE, qualification, or application.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - Bachelor's degree in electrical/communications engineering or related field.
- 5 or more years in silicon validation engineering.
- 5 or more years using Python, C/C++, and C# languages.
- Up to 10% international travel required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Masters or PhD degree in Electrical / Communications Engineering or related field.
- Excellent oral and written communications skills.
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in mm-wave SoC validation engineering of communications systems, preferably in high-volume consumer devices manufacturing
- Experience building and automating bench characterization setups for mm-wave SoCs including lab equipment such as VNAs, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, probe-stations, and pattern generators.
- Knowledge of Python, C/C++, and C# languages.
- Experience working across hardware, software, firmware, and reliability teams to drive test execution and debug.
- Experience supporting debug include physical and electrical failure analysis such as decapsulation, SEM, CSAM, EBIRCH, and others.
- Knowledge of de-embedding techniques such as SOLT, TRL, and AFR.
- Experience working with interfaces such as I3C, JTAG and SPI, as well as custom protocols.
- Familiarity with Digital DfT concept such as ATPG and MBIST and Analog DfT and RF-BIST techniques such as loopback.
- Knowledgeable in data interpretation/analysis, Cp/Cpk, and bench/tester correlation.

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Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $143,300/year in our lowest geographic market up to $247,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.