Senior validation engineer

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Post-Silicon Validation Engineer to drive silicon bring-up, characterization, validation, and debug activities for mixed-signal image sensor products. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in bench validation, silicon debugging, validation automation, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure successful product qualification and release.

• Lead post-silicon bring-up, validation, characterization, and debug of mixed-signal and image sensor products.
• Develop and execute validation plans to ensure product functionality, performance, and reliability.
• Build and maintain validation platforms, test setups, and automation frameworks.
• Perform root cause analysis and drive resolution of silicon, hardware, firmware, and system-level issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Design, Verification, Firmware, Product Engineering, and Manufacturing.
• Analyze validation results, document findings, and provide recommendations for product improvements.
• Contribute to validation methodology, automation, and process improvements.
• Drive innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement within the team.
• Support product qualification and customer issue investigations as needed

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in electrical Engineering , Electronics Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of relevant industry experience in post-silicon validation, characterization, or bench validation of semiconductor products, including analog, digital, and mixed-signal blocks.
• Strong understanding of silicon bring-up, debug methodologies, and root cause analysis.
• Hands-on experience with laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, power supplies, and digital multimeters.
• Experience developing and executing validation and characterization plans to verify product functionality, performance, and reliability.
• Proficiency in Python scripting for test automation, data collection, analysis, and validation workflow development.
• Experience working with common hardware interfaces and protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, GPIO, MIPI, USB, or similar interfaces.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills with the ability to independently drive issues to closure.
• Demonstrated ability to seek new ideas, drive innovation, and contribute to continuous improvement of validation methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Experience with image sensor validation, characterization, and debug is preferred.
• Knowledge of CMOS image sensor architecture, MIPI CSI-2, image quality characterization, sensor calibration, and optical validation is a plus.
• Exposure to pre-silicon activities such as design verification, FPGA prototyping, or emulation is an added advantage.
• Familiarity with validation automation frameworks, statistical data analysis, and characterization across voltage, process, and temperature corners is preferred.
• Strong communication, documentation, and technical leadership skills, including the ability to mentor junior engineers.