Senior Validation Engineer - High-Speed Connectivity

Microchip Technology Inc.; Chandler (AZ); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. seeks an experienced Staff Engineer-Validation to lead validation strategies for high‑speed networking devices.

You will own lab bring‑up, characterization, and interoperability testing for devices such as Ethernet switches, PCIe components, and USB hubs, guiding cross‑functional teams and mentoring junior engineers. In this role, you will define test environments, analyze results, and communicate findings to management, ensuring products meet requirements, quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
• 12+ Years combined experience in high-speed digital design/testing, analog/mixed-signal design/testing, systems design/testing, or power IC design/test.
• Experience driving cross-functional teams and mentoring junior engineers.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and organization.
• Ability to develop hardware design specifications based on input from multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead development, ownership, and execution of validation strategies and test plans.
• Perform and lead lab-based validation, including design bring-up, characterization, and interoperability testing.
• Review, analyze, and communicate validation results, debug findings, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Specify and design test environments including software, lab equipment, and test boards.
• Collaborate with Design, Verification, Applications, Marketing and Product Engineering teams.
• Lead cross-functional debug and root-cause discussions and manage JIRA workflows.
• Support customer issue reproduction and escalations with Applications and Field Engineering teams.
• Mentor junior validation engineers.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of validation processes and metrics.

Skills

High-Speed Digital design

Analog/Mixed-Signal design

Systems design

Power IC Design and/or Test

Cross-functional teams

Mentoring junior engineers

Strong communication skills

Hardware design specification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Oscilloscope

Logic Analyzer

Protocol Analyzer

Job description

Microchip Technology Inc. seeks an experienced Staff Engineer-Validation to lead validation strategies for high‑speed networking devices.

You will own lab bring‑up, characterization, and interoperability testing for devices such as Ethernet switches, PCIe components, and USB hubs, guiding cross‑functional teams and mentoring junior engineers. In this role, you will define test environments, analyze results, and communicate findings to management, ensuring products meet requirements, quality