UFS IP Validation Engineer

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Participate in systems design development across the entire product lifecycle, from pre-silicon and emulation through post-silicon, software integration, and validation.
• Lead technical presentations, demonstrating strong understanding of hardware architecture and system design expertise.
• Collaborate with Design, Software, Tools, and other teams to define testing and debug methodologies to maximize coverage and customer experience for the UFS IP.
• Work with the Program Leadership team to define the end-to-end plan, identify risks, and address concerns during planning.
• Act as a leader and mentor to the operations team and lead by example.
• Isolate and debug issues found in the southbridge and peripherals during pre-silicon, bring-up, validation, and production phases.
• Proactively support a team culture that fosters knowledge sharing, excellence, and collaboration.
• Define and execute validation strategies, feature enablement, and unit test plans.
• Publish and align test plan requirements, deliverables, and dependencies.
• Work closely with design, diagnostics, software, firmware, BIOS, driver, and project leadership teams.
• Lead cross-functional technical discussions to drive root cause identification and resolution.
• Drive and participate in technical innovations to enhance validation capabilities, including tools, scripts, methodologies, and technical improvements.

Requirements:

• Knowledge of UFS standards and architecture, with encryption technology preferred.
• In-depth knowledge of SoC architecture and concepts.
• In-depth knowledge of southbridge technology.
• Experience with FPGA and hardware emulation platforms for pre-silicon debugging.
• Strong understanding of BIOS, operating systems such as Windows and Linux, and driver-level interactions.
• Good understanding of boot flows and sequences.
• In-depth knowledge of system peripherals such as PCIe, NVMe, USB, I2C, UFS, SATA, SPI, and UART.
• Experience with UFS analyzers and exercisers, lab equipment, computer hardware, and networks.
• Experience leading process improvement initiatives to enhance engineering quality.
• Strong technical leadership and mentoring skills.
• Knowledge of standard power management features and use cases.

Preferred Experience:

• Three to six years of experience in pre- and post-silicon validation and four to eight years of experience in the semiconductor industry.
• Demonstrated ability to quickly grasp new technical concepts.
• Experience with hardware description languages such as Verilog.
• Strong programming and scripting skills using Python, C, C++, or Ruby.
• Experience with IP and system-level bring-up, SoC debug techniques, and methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-starter who collaborates effectively and independently drives tasks to completion.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple issues simultaneously.

Academic Credentials:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field preferred.