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Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc.\nPeople come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognizedLeadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.\nOur company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.\nVisit our careers page to see what exciting opportunities and company perks await!\nJob Description:\nWe are seeking a Senior Engineer I - Validation for Microchip’s MCU division to support validation and characterization of 8, 16 and 32- bit microcontrollers.\nMicrochip is a world leader in 8, 16, and 32- bit microcontrollers. The Validation Engineer position is focused on helping with development of our digital and parametric testing infrastructure. Significant time will be spent developing test cases, performing lab bench experiments, and assisting other team members in the validation of 8, 16 and 32- bit microcontrollers at unit and system-level. This position is based in Bangalore or Chennai, India. As a Validation Engineer, you will work with worldwide teams located in France, USA, Philippines, India and other corporate team members.\nDevelop and implement functional, performance and system level/use-case validation of 8, 16 and 32- bit microcontrollers\nExperience with Microcontrollers, FPGAs, and in general, Embedded Systems. Familiar with embedded ARM Cortex M family, RISC-V, MIPS is preferred\nExperience with communication buses (SPI/QSPI, I2C, I2S, USB, EBI, Ethernet, GPIB, RS-232, RS-485, etc.).\nExperience with Embedded firmware development and should have strong hands-on knowledge of Embedded C programming language\nCandidate will have the primary role of creating, auditing, and overseeing test procedures, validation plans, data collection, post-processing of validation data, reports, and documenting results.\nCandidate should be familiar with using lab equipment such as Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Power Supplies, Arbitrary Waveform and Pulse generators, etc.\nProficient in interpreting PCB schematics and PCB layouts.\nDevelop performance tests for determining circuit margin and datasheet parameters.\nDevelop automated lab-based testing of microcontroller for both digital and analog modules at the unit level and at the full chip level and should be able to troubleshoot and resolve issues found during validation\nDesign or assist in the development of new testing infrastructure for use within the validation team\nDrive design recommendations to improve the validation process, such as enhancements to test software and hardware environments, lab equipment usage, and data management.\nWork with the validation team on customer support requests for released products.\nWork in an international environment (Europe, Asia, USA) with diverse functional groups (Architecture, Analog/Digital Design, Verification, Emulation, Applications, Marketing, Product and Test Engineering).\nRequirements/Qualifications:\nExperience with Clock subsystem and Reset subsystems (BOR, POR, Bandgap, WDT etc.) and exposure to Analog peripherals (ADCs, DACs, Comparators, Op-AMPs, CTMU).\nExposure to bench automation tools (NI Tools - LabView/TestStand) and scripting languages is add-on\nExperience in application development, system level test development\nStrong analytical and problem-solving / debug skills. Code and System debugging skills using in-circuit emulators and lab equipment such as oscilloscope/logic analyzer.\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills.\nAble to work well in a team environment and adapt real-time.\nAble to think of test cases and customer usage model that may violate the assumptions of designers and architects.\nAble to prioritize tasks and execute to rigorous and dynamic schedules.\nAble to understand and generate board schematics, board design - schematic entry, BOM creation, net list generation (logical board design)\nComprehensive record keeping and detailed debugging notes.\nQualification:\nBachelor’s degree in Electrical / Electronics or Computer Engineering (or equivalent) with at least 5 to 7 years of related work experience.\nTravel Time:\nNo TravelTo all recruitment agencies: Microchip Technology Inc. does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our recruiting team or other Microchip employees. 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