Senior Post-Silicon Validation Engineer

The role

This person will own silicon bring-up, characterization, and system-level validation of complex mixed-signal SoCs. They will define validation strategy and build test and validation capability from the ground up.

What you will do

• Own post-silicon validation strategy, test planning, execution, coverage, and sign-off.
• Lead first silicon bring-up across power, clocks, debug interfaces, processor/memory subsystems, peripherals, and high-speed interfaces.
• Define and execute validation strategy and readiness criteria for product integration.
• Own system-level test planning and execution including functional, performance, stress, and corner-case testing.
• Help build the test and validation lab including equipment, infrastructure, and automated environments.
• Partner with RF/analog and mixed-signal designers on characterization of RF chains, PLLs, ADCs/DACs, clocking, and power.
• Work with systems/DSP teams to validate DSP and calibration algorithms on silicon.
• Partner with FPGA, firmware, RTL/DV, hardware, and systems teams to accelerate silicon bring-up.
• Drive cross-functional debug across silicon, firmware, RTL, package, board, and system boundaries.
• Build reusable automation for instrumentation control, data collection, analysis, regression, and reporting.

Required qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of post-silicon validation, SoC bring-up, silicon characterization, or related experience.
• Hands-on experience bringing up complex mixed-signal SoCs/ASICs and transitioning silicon into product/system integration.
• Hands-on experience with lab test and measurement equipment including oscilloscopes, spectrum/signal analyzers, vector signal generators, network analyzers, logic analyzers, and power supplies.
• Strong understanding of SoC architecture and working knowledge of RF/analog and mixed-signal circuits.
• Strong hardware/software debug skills spanning silicon, RTL, firmware, board, and systems.
• Experience building silicon validation labs, test infrastructure, and automated measurement environments.
• Experience validating DSP, calibration, or signal-processing functionality in silicon.
• Strong Python/scripting skills for lab automation, instrumentation, and data analysis.
• Experience with embedded C/C++, JTAG, SPI, UART, and register-level debug.
• Ability to lead cross-functional bring-up while remaining deeply hands-on in the lab.

Nice to have

• RF SoC and RF/analog characterization experience.
• ADC/DAC, PLL, RF transceiver, or high-speed SerDes/JESD validation experience.
• FPGA prototyping and RISC-V/ARM SoC experience.

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Medical/dental/vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
• Role has access to information and items controlled by U.S. export control regulations (ITAR).

About the company

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown for missions from LEO to deep space. The company is mass-producing high-power satellite platforms and is a high-growth Series D-funded company.