Senior Systems Validation Lead for High-Speed Interfaces

Omni Design Technologies, Inc.; Milpitas (CA); On-site; Full time

Job description

Omni Design is working on exciting solutions and chips for next generation automotive and space applications and looking for talented and capable engineers. The Systems Engineering Manager will be responsible for validation and qualification of electrical interfaces and/or performing standards-based protocol tests.

Role and Responsibility

• Work with a team of validation and characterization engineers responsible for product qualification
• Work across multiple functional groups to meet overall product design and quality requirements
• Design characterization test, system-level test, and demonstration systems that include MCUs, discreet logic, FPGA, multi-gigabit, and analog circuitry, including requirements gathering, specification, schematic, layout, and mechanical
• Work with company buyers to produce designs
• Review schematics/layout of internal and customer system platforms as per product requirements
• Engage with potential customers and partners to identify custom requirements and incorporate those requirements into the system test processCreate/edit test plans based on system specifications that may relate to signal integrity, RF, mechanical integrity, electrical, and requirements based on generic protocols
• Execute and stand behind the qualification of the product, from a mass production perspective, in consumer electronic devices
• Mentor systems and validation team members

Qualifications And Experience

• BSEE required, MSEE preferred
• 8+ years of systems hardware development and debug experience, including for digital, multi-gigabit, and high frequency, low noise analog interfaces
• Deep knowledge of signal integrity and power integrity design practices
• Knowledge of at least 2 of electrical interfaces for any of the high-speed protocols: USB3+, PCIe 2/3, ThunderBolt, DisplayPort, HDMI, SATA/SAS, Ethernet, LPDDR4/5, GMSL
• Knowledge of inter-chip protocols such as UART, I2C, I3C, SPI, I2S, PWM
• Knowledge of microcontroller and FPGA development and development environments
• Familiarity with Verilog
• Software development and debugging experience in C, C++, Python and other scripting languages
• Ability to develop test scripts that control test equipment for determining IC device characteristics
• Familiarity with test equipment, including oscilloscope, sampling scope, BERT (including CDR), protocol analyzer, spectrum analyzer, VNA, TDR, and other basic equipment
• Understanding of mechanical and thermal concepts
• Extensive protocol testing experience with any of the above protocols including a good understanding of the required test infrastructure
• Experience in creating and simulating models of wired links and being able to make appropriate tradeoffs
• Team player with interest in filling gaps in product development, as needed

Expectations

• Develop the Validation, Characterization boards
• Set up and manage the lab and its equipment
• Do the pre-silicon emulation on the FPGA platform
• Do the Silicon validation and characterization
• Do the ATE vs system correlations
• Develop automated scripts for bench testing parts for early customer samples
• Work on the data sheets
• Develop the evaluation platforms and support early customers
• Help debug the chip
• Be a mentor and lead a team of system engineers
• Work with Design, Verification, and Test/Product engineering teams and release chips to production