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Silicon Validation Lead Principal Engineer

Synopsys
Full-time
On-site
Mississauga, Ontario
Level - Senior

Job Title

Silicon Validation Lead Principal Engineer

Role Summary

As a Silicon Validation Lead Principal Engineer at Synopsys, you will lead the silicon validation process for various high-speed serial communication systems, ensuring that the silicon meets performance benchmarks and aligns with the intended architectural designs. Your expertise will be critical in bridging theoretical simulation with practical silicon validation outcomes.

Experience Level

Level - Senior

Responsibilities

  • Lead the silicon validation of IP functionality and performance, ensuring alignment with architectural intent.
  • Support hardware bring-up and firmware integration for early product-version characterization.
  • Drive root-cause analysis, workarounds, and fixes for issues uncovered during characterization.
  • Manage a dedicated validation effort in parallel with characterization activities.
  • Validate sim-to-silicon performance of algorithms, impairments, and key metrics.
  • Provide feedback to system teams for hardware-correlated models and performance tuning.
  • Develop improvements to SerDes algorithms and configurations to address performance gaps.
  • Incorporate learnings from customer evaluation boards into future developments.
  • Review firmware regression tests for repeatability, drift, and robustness.
  • Support customer bring-up and address silicon debug issues.
  • Communicate findings to Platform Architects and Product Owners for continuous platform improvement.

Requirements

  • BSc or MSc in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
  • 10+ years of experience in silicon validation, high-speed interfaces, and system-level performance analysis.
  • Expertise in SerDes design and validation, including PCIe and Ethernet protocols.
  • Strong knowledge of signal integrity, equalization, coding, and CDR architectures.
  • Hands-on experience with lab validation, debug tools, and sim-to-silicon correlation.
  • Familiarity with firmware integration and regression testing methodologies.

Education Requirements

BSc or MSc in Electrical or Computer Engineering.