Silicon Validation Engineer 3

Job Title

Silicon Validation Engineer 3

Role Summary

Validate and characterize FPGA silicon building blocks at the board level to ensure functionality and performance from silicon arrival through product release. Work on test-plan development, RTL test logic, bench hardware/software, and data analysis.

Collaborate with design, verification, manufacturing, test, quality, and applications teams; support product bring-up, debug, and customer issue resolution.

Experience Level

Entry-level - 2+ years of relevant engineering experience.

Responsibilities

Primary duties focus on silicon bring-up, validation, characterization, and cross-functional support.

• Validate and characterize FPGA IPs and subsystems (from silicon arrival to production release).
• Develop detailed validation and characterization plans and bench hardware/software setups.
• Implement RTL test logic to execute validation and characterization tests.
• Drive new-silicon bring-up, debug issues, and verify IP functionality and performance.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret measurement data with statistical methods to support datasheet parameters.
• Coordinate with design, verification, manufacturing, test, quality, and marketing/apps teams during product release.
• Support customer-reported issues after product release as needed.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience:

• 2+ years of relevant silicon or hardware validation experience.
• Expertise in high-speed SerDes characterization and protocol compliance testing (examples: PCIe, Ethernet, SDI, CoaXpress, JESD204, MIPI D-PHY, MIPI CSI/DSI-2, USB, DisplayPort/HDMI).
• Experience with high-speed board design, signal-integrity evaluation, and debugging.
• Proficiency in Verilog or VHDL and FPGA implementation tools.
• Test automation development skills using Python, Perl, or similar languages.
• Familiarity with statistical analysis and tools such as JMP or R.
• Hands-on proficiency with bench equipment: BERT, VNA, oscilloscopes, protocol exercisers/analyzers.
• Exposure to FPGA emulation/prototyping methodologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication, problem solving, and debugging skills.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with DDR memory interfaces (DDR4, LPDDR4, DDR5), PLLs, DSPs, and MIPI subsystems.
• Experience preparing datasheets and performing production-release characterization.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (the posting specifically requests an Electrical Engineering degree).

About the Company

Company: Lattice Semiconductor

Headquarters: Portland, Oregon, USA

Lattice Semiconductor specializes in low power, small-form-factor programmable logic devices and solutions. The company is known for its innovative technology that enables a wide range of applications, including communication, consumer, and industrial markets.