SOC Validation Engineer Job at AMD (San Jose)

Soc Debug Tools Validation Engineer

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING At AMD, our mission is to build great prod...

Location

India , Bangalore

Salary:

Not provided

AMD

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

MS / M Tech / BE/ in Electronics and Communication/Computer Engineering
Should have total relevant work experience of minimum 6+ years
Product development/validation or systems engineering background with hardware platforms and their software & firmware ecosystems
Familiarity with x86 Debug Tools ,DFT (Design for Testability)
Good understanding of DFT /JTAG 1149.x / BMC (Baseboard management controller)
Experience in any test automation tools
Familiarity with Windows and Linux
Excellent trouble shooting and debugging techniques with attention to detail
Experience with standard automation and scripting (Shell programming/Ruby/Perl/Python)
Knowledge on test tools (Coverage tools / Security testing tools / Performance / API testing and stress testing techniques)

Job Responsibility

Own the multi-functional validation of AMD Silicon Debug Tools products
Ability to create Test strategy, Test plan and Test execution
Work under minimal supervision
Lead Quality assurance tasks and enhance product quality
Work across engineering teams and subject areas spanning silicon, firmware, hardware, and software
Coordinate debug of issues and drive them to closure
Pull together meetings, set up clear agendas and follow up on action items
Deliver regular progress updates toward program goals
Make tough decisions such as priority calls based on partial or incomplete data
Proactively drive continuous improvement for Debug Tools and performance activities

Fulltime

Senior Member of Technical Staff (MTS) – Post‑Silicon SoC & System‑Level Validation Engineer

This role focuses on validating end‑to‑end system behavior, ensuring that multip...

Location

India , Bangalore

Salary:

Not provided

AMD

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

12+ years of experience in pre‑silicon and/or post‑silicon SoC validation, with strong ownership in post‑silicon execution
Strong understanding of SoC architecture and subsystem interactions
Experience validating system‑level use cases and customer‑driven scenarios
Familiarity with debug tools, system logs, traces, and lab‑based validation setups
Strong understanding of SoC boot flows, firmware, and HW/SW interaction
Lab proficiency: Extensive experience using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, signal generators, etc.

Job Responsibility

Own SoC‑level post‑silicon validation, focusing on interaction between multiple subsystems rather than isolated IP testing
Validate end‑to‑end system flows involving CPU cores, on‑chip memories, NoC/interconnect, IOs, power management, and firmware
Ensure correct behavior across boot, runtime, stress, error, and recovery scenarios at the SoC level
Develop validation test cases based on customer use cases (boot flows, IO usage, stress, concurrency, power transitions) into executable validation plans
Debug & root cause analysis: Perform deep SoC‑level debug to isolate failures across hardware, firmware, and system software boundaries
Lab execution & characterization: Use engineering lab equipment (oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, signal generators, etc.) to validate and debug functional behavior
Documentation & reporting: Produce clear test plans, execution reports, failure analysis summaries, and status updates
track bugs/issues to closure

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Fulltime

Senior SoC HW (Functional) Validation Engineer

Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the...

Location

United States , Hillsboro

Salary:

119800.00 - 234700.00 USD / Year

Microsoft Corporation

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
Applied understanding of Computer Architecture and CPU/SoC validation principles, including: Understanding of SoC subsystem, SoC system level, and platform level functionality and writing scripts/software with industry standard languages like Python or C/C++
At least 5+ years of experience
Proficient communication, collaboration and teamwork skills and ability to lead, grow, and contribute to diverse and inclusive teams
Verification, logic development, validation, or validation tools experience as part of a CPU, SoC and/or IP development team
Leadership skills
Demonstrated validation expertise in one or more of the following: Functional: Core, cache Coherency/mesh/fabric, PCIe/ IO, Memory Controller, Power Management
Power and Performance
Automation, Content Creation, or Tools/Scripts Development

Job Responsibility

Own post-silicon validation of one of the following areas – functional validation of cache Coherency/mesh/fabric
Define, guide, and contribute to the implementation of silicon debug tools and capabilities
Become an expert on the overall architecture, implementation of complex features/flows/protocols, and their interactions with other parts of the SoC, with the platform, and with software
Provide technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship to other engineers in your areas of expertise
Develop validation strategy, requirements, environments, tools, and methodologies including debug board and hardware/software requirements
Apply your knowledge of validation principles and techniques and your judgement to write test plans and implement them by developing test content, scripts, tools and other validation collateral
Execute content in post-silicon, triage and debug failures
Apply your growth mindset to learn and adapt in a complex and dynamic environment
Engage with partners to drive continuous improvement to the design, to validation plans/collateral, and methodology to prevent, reduce, and/or find bugs sooner, more easily, or more reliably
Apply your One Microsoft mentality to collaborate with and influence architects, logic designers, verification engineers, other post-silicon validators, and IP and tool providers

Fulltime

Post-Silicon SoC & System-Level Validation Engineer

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING At AMD, our mission is to build great pro...

Location

India , Bangalore

Salary:

Not provided

AMD

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

8+ years of experience in pre‑silicon and/or post‑silicon SoC validation, with strong ownership in post‑silicon execution
Strong understanding of SoC architecture and subsystem interactions
Experience validating system‑level use cases and customer‑driven scenarios
Familiarity with debug tools, system logs, traces, and lab‑based validation setups
Strong understanding of SoC boot flows, firmware, and HW/SW interaction
Lab proficiency: Extensive experience using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, signal generators, etc.

Job Responsibility

Own SoC‑level post‑silicon validation, focusing on interaction between multiple subsystems rather than isolated IP testing
Validate end‑to‑end system flows involving CPU cores, on‑chip memories, NoC/interconnect, IOs, power management, and firmware
Ensure correct behavior across boot, runtime, stress, error, and recovery scenarios at the SoC level
Develop validation test cases based on customer use cases (boot flows, IO usage, stress, concurrency, power transitions) into executable validation plans
Debug & root cause analysis: Perform deep SoC‑level debug to isolate failures across hardware, firmware, and system software boundaries
Lab execution & characterization: Use engineering lab equipment (oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, signal generators, etc.) to validate and debug functional behavior
Documentation & reporting: Produce clear test plans, execution reports, failure analysis summaries, and status updates
track bugs/issues to closure

Fulltime

Post-Silicon Soc & System-Level Validation Engineer

This role focuses on validating end‑to‑end system behavior, ensuring that multip...

Location

India , Bangalore

Salary:

Not provided

AMD

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

12+ years of experience in pre‑silicon and/or post‑silicon SoC validation, with strong ownership in post‑silicon execution
Strong understanding of SoC architecture and subsystem interactions
Experience validating system‑level use cases and customer‑driven scenarios
Familiarity with debug tools, system logs, traces, and lab‑based validation setups
Strong understanding of SoC boot flows, firmware, and HW/SW interaction
Lab proficiency: Extensive experience using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, signal generators, etc.

Job Responsibility

Own SoC‑level post‑silicon validation, focusing on interaction between multiple subsystems rather than isolated IP testing
Validate end‑to‑end system flows involving CPU cores, on‑chip memories, NoC/interconnect, IOs, power management, and firmware
Ensure correct behavior across boot, runtime, stress, error, and recovery scenarios at the SoC level
Develop validation test cases based on customer use cases (boot flows, IO usage, stress, concurrency, power transitions) into executable validation plans
Debug & root cause analysis: Perform deep SoC‑level debug to isolate failures across hardware, firmware, and system software boundaries
Lab execution & characterization: Use engineering lab equipment (oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, signal generators, etc.) to validate and debug functional behavior
Documentation & reporting: Produce clear test plans, execution reports, failure analysis summaries, and status updates
track bugs/issues to closure

Fulltime

SoC Address and Data Hub Systems Validation Engineer

AMD is looking for a systems validation engineer to provide thought subject matt...

Location

Canada , Markham

Salary:

120800.00 - 181200.00 CAD / Year

AMD

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

In-depth knowledge of CPU addressing and control structures and SoC architecture, computer architecture and concepts
Experience with FPGA and other hardware emulation platforms for pre-silicon debug
Strong understanding of BIOS, OS (Windows/Linux), and driver-level interactions and common failure points
Good understanding of boot flows and power sequences
Led process improvement initiatives to improve engineering quality
Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field strongly preferred

Job Responsibility

Participate in systems design development throughout entire product lifecycle, from pre-silicon and emulation through post-silicon and software integration and validation
Isolation and debug of issues found in the hardware interconnect layers of an SoC system
Able to proactively support team culture that fosters knowledge sharing, excellence, and collaboration
Defining and executing validation strategies, enablement of features and unit test plans
Publishing and aligning test plan requirements, deliverables and dependencies
Working closely with supporting teams such as design, diagnostics, Software/Firmware/BIOS/driver, and project leadership

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Ip Post-Silicon Validation Engineer

WHAT YOU DO AT AMD CHANGES EVERYTHING At AMD, our mission is to build great pro...

Location

Canada , Markham

Salary:

155200.00 - 232800.00 CAD / Year

AMD

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor's or master’s degree majoring in EE, CS or related field
Experience in digital logic design/verification/post-silicon validation
Extensive experience with ASIC debug techniques and methodologies
Knowledge of physical and protocol levels of common high-speed interfaces such as PCIe/CXL/UALINK is an asset
Experience with board/platform-level debug, including clock/power delivery, sequencing, analysis, and optimization
Strong scripting skills (eg. Ruby, Python)
Extensive experience with common lab equipment, including protocol/logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, etc.
In-depth knowledge of PC architectures/PCIe protocol is an asset
Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills
Must excel in a dynamic team working environment

Job Responsibility

Driving the planning, validation, and debug of various hardware IP for forthcoming AMD APU, CPU, Compute and Discrete Graphics SOC programs
Defining, documenting, executing and reporting the overall functional test plan and validation strategy for a set of AMD IP’s
Driving technical innovation to enhance AMD's capabilities in IP validation, including tools and scripts/automation development, technical and procedural methodology enhancement, and various internal and cross-functional technical initiatives
Debugging IP issues found during pre-silicon, bring-up, system validation, and production phases of the SOC programs
Engaging on pre-silicon ‘shift left’ activities with cross-functional teams such as Design Verification (DV), Diagnostics, Emulation and other software/hardware modeling frameworks to ensure readiness for first silicon arrival, enablement of IP functionality, and debug of critical features
Leading collaborative technical discussions to drive resolution of technical issues and roll out technical initiatives
Developing knowledge of system architecture/debug and other internal IP’s
Supporting issues on customer platforms as requested by customer support teams

Fulltime

Pre-silicon Validation Engineer - Emulation

We are looking for a dynamic, energetic Systems Design Engineer to join our grow...

Location

India , Bangalore

Salary:

Not provided

AMD

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Significant 5+ years of relevant experience in complex SoC verification & Validation
Prior hands-on experience with FPGA and/or emulation platforms (Veloce, Palladium, ZEBU, HAPs, Protium)
Developing C/C++/Uefi based test content
Validating hardware features for at least 3 or more projects in a pre-silicon environment
Debugging failures using waveform viewers, log files and microcode trace dumps
Knowledge of low power design emulation/verification and power management fundamentals
Knowledge of UEFI, Windows Operating Systems, Linux
Knowledge of x86 and/or ARM SoC Architecture
Knowledge of Memory subsystem, high speed IO peripherals like PCIe, USB, NPU, SoC & IP level Power Management flow, Security protocols
Knowledge of one or more protocols

Job Responsibility

Driving technical innovation to improve AMD's capabilities across validation, including tool and script development, technical and procedural methodology enhancement, and various internal and cross-functional technical initiatives
Debugging issues found during the process, bring-up, validation, and production phases of SOC programs
Working with multiple teams, and tracking test execution to make sure all features are validated and optimized on time
Working closely with supporting technical teams
Engaging in other software/hardware modeling frameworks

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