Validation/Verification Engineering, Senior Manager

Job Title

Validation/Verification Engineering, Senior Manager

Role Summary

Lead silicon validation for high-speed SerDes PHY IP, managing a cross-functional Silicon Validation team of analog designers and hardware engineers in a state-of-the-art lab. The role owns silicon bring-up, debug, characterization, test reporting, and lab infrastructure to ensure IP meets performance specifications for customer integration.

Experience Level

Senior — Manager / Senior Manager level. Specific years of experience not stated.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include:

• Lead and manage a cross-functional silicon validation team focused on high-speed SerDes PHY implementations.
• Direct the review and debug process for silicon under test, resolving signal integrity and performance anomalies.
• Oversee characterization test execution and produce detailed test reports that meet timelines and quality standards.
• Coordinate design and development of custom test boards and hardware solutions to support bring-up and debugging.
• Mentor engineers on debugging techniques, lab equipment use, and application of analog circuit theory to real silicon behavior.
• Collaborate with design, product engineering, and IP teams to align validation results with project goals and drive design improvements.
• Build and maintain lab infrastructure and processes for testing high-speed interfaces (USB, PCI Express, SATA, Ethernet).
• Establish best practices and reusable test frameworks to improve debug efficiency and characterization quality.

Requirements

Key qualifications and technical skills.

• Extensive hands-on experience in analog IC circuit design and validation for high-speed circuits and SerDes PHYs.
• Proven track record leading and managing technical, cross-functional teams (design and hardware engineering).
• Strong debugging skills with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, network analyzers, and high-speed probing tools.
• Solid understanding of high-speed interface protocols: USB, PCI Express, SATA, and Ethernet.
• Experience with NRZ and PAM4 encoding techniques and their impact on signal integrity and testing.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience using MATLAB or Python for test automation and data analysis.
• Basic FPGA programming experience (Verilog) for test and bring-up tasks.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field required; advanced degree preferred.

About the Company

Company: Synopsys

Headquarters: Mountain View, California, USA

Synopsys is a leading company in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP solutions. It provides tools and services for designing and verifying complex semiconductor devices and systems. The company plays a pivotal role in the semiconductor industry, helping engineers innovate and deliver higher-quality products faster. Synopsys is committed to advancing technology standards and offers a range of software and hardware solutions to its clients globally.