Bench Digital & Mixed-Signal Validation Engineer

Bench Digital & Mixed-Signal Validation Engineer

• Location: Coimbatore, Bengaluru, India
• Work Mode: Onsite
• Experience: 3- 10 Years

Role Overview

We are seeking a Bench Digital & Mixed-Signal Validation Engineer to support silicon validation, characterization, and board-level verification for semiconductor products. The role involves first silicon bring-up, bench validation, hardware debugging, interface validation, and laboratory automation using industry-standard test equipment. The engineer will work closely with Design, Product Engineering, Embedded Software, PCB Design, and Manufacturing teams throughout the product development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, integrate, and debug bench validation setups for Digital and Mixed-Signal semiconductor devices.
• Perform first silicon bring-up, board bring-up, engineering validation, and silicon characterization.
• Design and validate evaluation boards, interface boards, adapter boards, interposers, and custom validation fixtures.
• Review schematics and PCB layouts while performing power sequencing and board-level debugging.
• Validate communication interfaces including I C, SPI, UART, GPIO, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, SD/eMMC, MIPI, CAN, LIN, and JTAG.
• Develop automated validation frameworks for instrument control, data acquisition, regression testing, and report generation.
• Execute electrical validation, functional validation, stress testing, interoperability testing, and regression testing.
• Analyze waveforms, timing diagrams, protocol transactions, and register-level behavior using laboratory instruments.
• Debug hardware, firmware, software, silicon, and system-level issues through structured root cause analysis.
• Develop validation procedures, test plans, characterization reports, and engineering documentation.
• Support Engineering Validation (EV), New Product Introduction (NPI), Product Qualification, Reliability, and Customer Validation activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Design, Firmware, Embedded Software, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, and Customer Support.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE), Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE), Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering (EIE), Instrumentation Engineering, Computer Engineering, Embedded Systems, VLSI Design, Microelectronics, Semiconductor Technology, or a related engineering discipline.
• 3 -10 years of experience in semiconductor bench validation, silicon characterization, laboratory validation, or product validation engineering.
• Hands-on experience with semiconductor validation hardware and laboratory instrumentation.
• Strong understanding of digital electronics, mixed-signal systems, board-level debugging, and validation methodologies.

Technical Skills Bench Validation & Silicon Bring-Up

• Bench Validation
• First Silicon Bring-Up
• Board Bring-Up
• Silicon Characterization
• Engineering Validation (EV)
• Product Qualification
• Functional Validation
• Regression Testing
• Reliability Testing

Hardware Validation

• Evaluation Boards
• Interface Boards
• Adapter Boards
• Interposers
• Validation Fixtures
• Schematic Review
• PCB Layout Review
• Board-Level Debugging
• Power Sequencing

Communication Interfaces

• I C
• SPI
• UART
• GPIO
• USB
• PCI Express (PCIe)
• Ethernet
• DDR
• SD/eMMC
• MIPI
• CAN
• LIN
• JTAG

Bench Test Equipment

• High-Bandwidth Digital Oscilloscope (Tektronix, Keysight, Teledyne LeCroy)
• Logic Analyzer
• Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG)
• Function Generator
• Source Measure Unit (SMU)
• Digital Multimeter (DMM)
• Programmable DC Power Supply
• Electronic Load
• Protocol Analyzer
• Temperature Chamber

Programming & Automation

• Python
• PyVISA
• SCPI
• C
• C++
• LabVIEW
• MATLAB
• Embedded C
• Instrument Automation
• Data Acquisition Automation

Semiconductor Knowledge

• ASIC
• SoC
• Microcontrollers
• Memory Devices
• ADC
• DAC
• Mixed-Signal Controllers
• Register-Level Debugging
• Waveform Analysis
• Protocol Debugging

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