Technical Director Validation

Rambus.com; Johns Creek (GA); Hybrid; USD 161,000 - 298,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k) matching

Employee stock purchase plan

Gym membership

Job summary

Rambus seeks a Technical Director Validation Engineer to lead lab validation for Memory Interface Chips, automating data collection and building validation environments to verify performance and compliance.

The role demands extensive experience with DDR topologies, high-speed signaling, and lab automation in Python. Rambus offers a hybrid work model with onsite days and a competitive compensation package.

Qualifications

• Experience in bench testing and characterization of high-speed/memory IO devices.
• Proficiency with validation hardware and board design fundamentals.
• Hands-on lab work and software for lab automation (Python).
• Team player with strong collaboration with design engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lab bring-up and validation of high-speed memory buffer semiconductor products.
• Develop test methodologies to validate silicon designs against specs.
• Develop scripts to automate lab equipment and analyze data.
• Lead bench planning, preparation, characterization execution and improvements.
• Collaborate with silicon design teams to drive data collection and analysis.
• Provide inputs to FPGA, system, and PCB design requirements.
• Support Applications Team in resolving customer issues.

Skills

Bench testing

DDRx characterization

High-speed lab equipment

Python scripting

Education

B.S./M.S. Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

BERTs

Signal generators

FPGA

Job description

Overview

Rambus, a premier chip and silicon IP provider, is seeking to hire an exceptional Technical Director Validation Engineer to join our Memory Interface Chip business unit. Candidates will be joining some of the brightest inventors and engineers in the world to develop products that make data faster and safer.

The Technical Director ValidationEngineer is aFull-Timeposition and the candidate will work in the lab to automate data collection and provideframework to develop validation environment to check system performance and specification compliance.The candidate is required to have experience with processor-memory interfaces, including DDR topologies and protocols, as well as high-speed signaling, including signal integrity and power integrity concepts.

Rambus offers a flexible work environment, embracinga hybrid approach formostoffice-basedroles.Employeesare encouragedtospend an average of at leastthree days per weekonsite,allowing fortwodaysof remote work.

Responsibilities

• Lab bring-up and validation of high-speed memory buffer semiconductor products.
• Develop test methodologies for validating silicon designs against specifications.
• Develop scripts for automating lab equipment and for analyzing lab data.
• Lead validation tasks on bench planning, preparation, characterization execution, methodology improvements.
• Work with silicon design teams to develop experiments, drive data collection, and present results analysis.
• Provide inputs to FPGA, system, and PCB design requirements.
• Support Applications Team in understanding and resolving customer issues.

Qualifications

• Experience in Bench testing and characterization of high speed and/or memory IO devices, exposure to DDRx characterization is preferable.
• Proficiency with validation hardwareand board designfundamentals
• Skilled in high-speed lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, BERTs, and signal generators
• Hands-on lab work and writing software for lab automation, especially python.

• Must be a team player, working well with other lab engineers and circuit designers.
• B.S. or M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering.

• 20+ years of relevant experience

Desired Skills:

• Experience or knowledge of ATE or/and System Testing
• Experience inhigh speeddigital designs,boards designs, PCB layouts, and signal integrity concepts
• Working knowledge of test and measurement equipment, troubleshooting and debugging.
• Experience with hardware test equipment logic analyzers and protocol analyzers

About Rambus

Rambus is a global company that makes industry-leading memory interface chips and Silicon IP to advance data center connectivity and solve the bottleneck between memory and processing. With over 30 years of semiconductor experience, we are a leading provider of high-performance products and innovations that maximize the bandwidth, capacity and security for AI and other data-intensive workloads. Our world-class team is the foundation of our company, and our innovative spirit drives us to develop thecutting-edgeproducts and technologies essential for tomorrow’s systems.

Rambus offers a competitive compensation packageincludingbase salary, bonus, equity, matching 401(k), employee stock purchase plan, comprehensive medical and dental benefits, time-off program, and gym membership.

TheUSsalary range for thisfull-timeposition is $160,700to $298,400.Our salary ranges aredeterminedby role,leveland location. The successful candidate’s starting pay will bedeterminedbased on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, worklocationand market conditions.

At Rambus, we are committed to fostering a workplace where every individual is respected, supported, and empowered to succeed. We value a range of perspectives and experiences that contribute to innovation and collaboration. Our goal is to ensure that all team members haveequitableaccess to opportunities, resources, and a sense of belonging. We believe that a culture of fairness and inclusion helps us all do ourbest work.

Rambus is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affir

Rambus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veteransduringour job application procedures. If yourequireassistanceoran accommodationdue to a disability,please feel free to inform us in your application.

For more information about Rambus, visit rambus.com. Foradditionalinformation on life at Rambus and our current openings, check outrambus.com/careers/.

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