Principal Engineer - Validation (ASIC)
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Job Description:
Job Description
An opening exists in the functional validation group for a Principal Engineer with strong interest in PCI Express (PCIe), Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe), embedded low level programming with JTAG, and debug of complex ASICs in multi-core environment. This group is a cross functional team of talented engineers tasked with pre-silicon and post-silicon validation of Microchip’s NVMe Flash controller products. The team is responsible for ensuring functional specification compliance, system interoperability under a wide range of operating environments (i.e., both hardware platforms and operating systems), measuring/analyzing performance, and system level debug of post silicon issues. The team also creates the hardware and software validation infrastructure necessary to perform these tasks. Team members work with architects/designers and influence the architecture, features, and performance of future products.
Responsibilities:
- Plan, develop, code, and execute pre-silicon and post-silicon validation plans
- Build and support validation infrastructure through the development of embedded software, device drivers, and test tools written in C, Python, Tcl
- Perform characterization and analysis of NAND Flash memory devices across various operating conditions and workloads
- Develop and execute characterization test plans for Flash memory performance, reliability, and endurance evaluation
- Analyze large datasets generated from validation and characterization activities and present findings in clear reports and visual summaries
- Generate detailed graphs, charts, and technical reports using Microsoft Excel and related data analysis tools
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to identify performance trends, debug issues, and recommend improvements based on characterization results
Requirements/Qualifications:
equired:
- Bachelor or Master degree in CS, CE, EE
- Experience, 10+ years for a Principal Engineer
- Experience with coding and debugging of embedded firmware for NAND flash validation
- Excellent knowledge of digital systems and computer architecture
- Ability to develop functional validation plans and develop software necessary to execute these plans
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Preferred:
- Knowledge of PCI/PCI Express system architecture
- Familiarity with storage interfaces (e.g., NVMe, SCSI, AHCI, SATA, or SAS)
- Experience developing device drivers for Windows or Linux
- Experience in use of lab equipment (e.g., protocol analyzers)
- Knowledge in Machine Learning
- Industry experience with NAND Flash memory characterization and validation
- Familiarity with Flash memory behavior including endurance, retention, read disturb, and performance analysis
- Experience collecting, analyzing, and interpreting large datasets from hardware validation or characterization testing
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel including graph generation, pivot tables, formulas, and automated reporting techniques
- Experience creating technical reports and presenting engineering data in graphical and tabular formats
- Knowledge of storage technologies and Flash memory architectures is highly desirable
Travel Time:
0% - 25%Physical Attributes:
Feeling, Hearing, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around OthersPhysical Requirements:
100% inside, 80% sitting, 10% standing, 10% walkingPay Range:
We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:Benefits of working at Microchip
The annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in the US, is $75,000-$232,000.**Range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.
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