Applications Validation & Verification (AVV) Engineer

Job Title

Applications Validation & Verification (AVV) Engineer

Role Summary

The AVV Engineer validates next-generation Automotive and Industrial SoC designs using a top-down, system-level approach. The role focuses on creating and executing bare-metal tests that exercise multiple system features simultaneously to evaluate functionality, performance, and power.

The engineer works in the Advanced Technology Integration team on pre-silicon emulation platforms and on real silicon, collaborating with design, validation teams, and field application engineers.

Experience Level

Mid-level - typically requires around 5 years of relevant engineering experience (per posting).

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include designing, implementing, executing, and documenting system-level validation tests for SoCs.

• Define validation targets with systems experts and evaluate SoC designs against those targets.
• Design and document comprehensive test plans for SoC validation.
• Implement bare-metal tests in C (with some assembly) and support them with scripting where needed.
• Debug tests and designs on pre-silicon emulation platforms and repeat debugging on real silicon.
• Measure and analyze performance metrics (throughput, latency, MIPS) and power across operational and low-power modes.
• Work cross-functionally with design and other validation teams to resolve issues and ensure test coverage.
• Document test results, issues encountered, flows used, and tools created.
• Support cross-functional teams and FAEs in responding to customer questions.

Requirements

Must-have technical experience and skills for this role.

• 5+ years engineering experience in silicon design and/or validation.
• Experience with digital/embedded design on emulation, FPGA platforms, or RTL simulation.
• Experience developing and debugging bare-metal C tests; comfortable with some assembly language.
• Experience debugging on pre-silicon emulation platforms and on real silicon.
• Familiarity with embedded systems debugging and analyzing digital waveforms.

Nice-to-have:

• Proficiency in C/C++ and assembly programming.
• Strong knowledge of computer architectures, DDR interfaces (DDR4/5/LP4/LP5), system interconnects, and digital logic.
• Experience with hardware description languages and cache/coherency validation.
• Experience with pre-silicon power measurement, DSPs (C6x/C7x), TI SoCs, and automation/scripting (regular expressions).

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, ECE, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field (as listed in the posting).

About the Company

Company: Texas Instruments

Headquarters: Dallas, Texas, USA

Texas Instruments is a global semiconductor company that designs, manufactures, and sells analog and embedded processing chips for various markets including industrial, automotive, and personal electronics. The company's innovations aim to make electronics more affordable and reliable, fostering advancements in technology through each generation of semiconductors.