Staff ASIC Validation Engineer

Job Title

Staff ASIC Validation Engineer

Role Summary

Senior engineering role within Nokia Applied R&D, Digital Hardware subfamily. The role is an independent contributor responsible for ASIC validation and characterization, working with design, verification, and cross-functional teams to develop validation plans, execute tests, and debug hardware and system issues.

Work emphasizes validation planning, pre-silicon emulation, automation of test environments, and hardware/software bring-up and debugging.

Experience Level

Senior - the posting specifies approximately 10 years of experience in ASIC verification and lab validation.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include planning and executing ASIC validation and supporting product bring-up and debugging.

• Develop ASIC validation and characterization plans as an independent contributor.
• Create and run validation tests on the ZeBu emulator before ASIC prototypes arrive.
• Update and automate the validation environment where feasible.
• Collaborate with design and verification teams to review test scenarios and provide debugging support.
• Assist in hardware/software bring-up and lab debugging activities.
• Work with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot product-level issues.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience are listed first; followed by concise nice-to-have items.

• Must-have: ~10 years experience in verification and lab validation of ASICs.
• Must-have: Proficiency in scripting languages; preferably Python.
• Must-have: Experience leading a small technical team.
• Must-have: Familiarity with traffic generators.
• Must-have: Knowledge of Ethernet and OTN standards.
• Nice-to-have: Experience with hardware emulation platforms such as ZeBu.
• Nice-to-have: Experience automating validation environments and developing test infrastructure.
• Nice-to-have: Hands-on hardware/software bring-up and lab debugging experience.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.

About the Company

Company: Nokia

Headquarters: Espoo, Finland

Global telecommunications and information technology company that provides networking equipment, software, and services for telecom operators and enterprises. Nokia develops mobile and fixed network infrastructure, optical networking (including the Infinera acquisition), cloud and software solutions, and technologies for 5G, broadband, and data center connectivity.