Validation Engineer
Contract: 09 Months+
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Define, develop, and execute the Datacenter GPU pre-silicon and post-silicon PCBA validation test plans and schedule with cross-functional engagement from the various design teams, program leads and, program managers.
- Develop platform validation plans and flows while ensuring end to end coverage
- Develop and implement debug strategies to drive resolution of issues across all phases of the program
- Collaborate across multiple disciplines (hardware, firmware, software, and/or data center infrastructure) on design requirements and risks, design reviews , proof of concept projects , assessing system tradeoffs and impact on performance, identifying dependencies for validation and manufacturing tests.
- Through comprehensive laboratory work, test new designs to verify compliance to original specifications.
- Support various teams with board and system related issues during the characterization and launch phases of new board development.
- Set-up and utilize dashboards for tracking execution tasks, issues identified, gaps in relevant processes , proposed design changes and, lessons learned.
- Review converter topologies and select power components like PWM controllers, power transistors and passive filter elements such as magnetics and capacitors.
- Provide comprehensive yet concise execution and issue updates to management.
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:
- Excellent understanding of the fundamentals of power electronics with special emphasis on multiphase power converters
- Demonstrated ability to work with oscilloscopes, multi-meters, current probes, electronic loads, and protocol analyzers as well as adept at intuitive reasoning to explain and correct unexpected results.
- Proficient at documenting experimental results in a structured manner for ease of reference
- Experience with hardware, firmware, management firmware, and/or software (system & application stack) interfaces across all modules in a system
- Ability to use circuit simulations tools such as PSPICE, LTSPICE, and SIMPLIS
- FPGA and CPLD development knowledge
- Knowledge of schematic capture, circuit design, routing constraints definition, layout review and simulation
- Power and signal integrity analysis
- Familiarity with the low-speed industry standard protocols such as I2C, SPI, I3C, SVI2, SVI3 and for the high-speed industry standard protocols such as PCIe Gen 5.
- High-speed interface characterization
- Test automation expertise using Perl/Tcl/Python/LabView
- Strong analytical, communication and, collaboration skills
- Must excel in a dynamic team working environment and independently drive tasks to completion.
- Leadership and mentoring skills an asset.