Lead AVV Engineer

Job Title

Lead AVV Engineer

Role Summary

Technical lead responsible for subsystem-level functional validation of automotive MCUs in the ASM Auto Group at Texas Instruments, focused on pre-silicon and post-silicon validation and silicon readiness decisions.

Work as a technical peer with Architecture, Design, RTL Verification, and Firmware teams to define validation methodology, lead bring-up, and produce functional safety evidence.

Experience Level

Senior - typically requires 5+ years of pre-silicon and post-silicon functional validation experience.

Responsibilities

The role owns validation strategy, execution, and sign-off for complex MCU subsystems and drives tooling, automation, and cross-team investigations.

• Own functional validation strategy and sign-off for complex subsystems (Ethernet MAC, functional safety, clock/reset/power, multicore interactions).
• Define requirements-to-test traceability, functional coverage closure criteria, and sign-off readiness.
• Architect reusable validation frameworks spanning emulation platforms and silicon test environments.
• Lead first-silicon functional bring-up and execute silicon functional tests.
• Lead root-cause analysis across firmware, RTL, emulation models, and silicon.
• Validate cross-peripheral interactions including DMA, interrupts, clock switching, and low-power transitions.
• Plan and run fault-injection campaigns and produce ISO 26262 functional safety validation evidence.
• Define pre-silicon to post-silicon correlation and test reuse strategies.
• Architect and maintain automation and CI/CD-integrated regression infrastructure and benchmarking plans (throughput, latency, timing margins).
• Mentor engineers and lead validation reviews; provide sign-off and customer-facing technical recommendations.

Requirements

Must-have and preferred skills for successful candidates.

Must-have:

• 5+ years of engineering experience in silicon design and/or functional validation (pre-silicon and post-silicon).
• Experience with digital/embedded design using emulation, FPGA platforms, or RTL simulation.
• Experience debugging at SoC level across firmware, RTL, and silicon.
• Strong skills in automation, test infrastructure, and CI/CD for validation regressions.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with ARM architecture and advanced embedded C/firmware architecture.
• MCU/SoC architecture knowledge (multicore, coherency, boot, power domains) and complex peripheral validation.
• Emulation platform experience (QuickTurn, Palladium, ZeBu) and test infrastructure design.
• Deep understanding of ISO 26262, AUTOSAR, and in-vehicle networks (CAN FD, LIN, Ethernet).
• Experience with SystemVerilog, advanced RTL debugging, DMA and bus arbitration validation.
• Track record of building/mentoring validation teams or technical publications; strong technical communication skills.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree required in Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE), Computer Engineering, or a related technical field (Degree Level: Bachelor’s Degree as listed).

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.