Principal Post-Silicon Validation Engineer

The role

This person will own post-silicon bring-up, debug, and validation of high-speed IO and memory subsystems within the DataScale platform. They will lead system-level debug across silicon, board, and software layers.

What you will do

• Own post-silicon bring-up and validation of high-speed IO and memory subsystems
• Establish power-on readiness including debug infrastructure, tooling, and contingency planning
• Lead system-level debug to root cause complex issues spanning silicon, board, and software layers
• Drive resolution with design, firmware, verification, and system teams
• Partner with system and customer engineering teams on product validation, deployment, and RMA debug
• Own validation sign-off for product release
• Review SoC and board design and SI/PI analysis
• Contribute to pre-silicon verification and emulation
• Build scripts and tooling that automate validation, debug, and data analysis
• Advance post-silicon validation methodology and debug infrastructure

Required qualifications

• M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• 7+ years of experience in post-silicon validation or system bring-up
• Experience with two or more high-speed IO or memory protocols such as PCIe, Ethernet, HBM, CXL, or UCIe
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional debug efforts to root cause and closure
• Strong analytical skills for test development and data analysis
• Proficiency in scripting such as Python and bash
• Clear and effective communicator with a proactive, collaborative approach to problem-solving

Nice to have

• Deep understanding of high-speed SerDes training and adaptation
• Experience with mixed-signal IO design and validation
• Hands-on lab experience with oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and BERTs
• Experience with optical interconnect
• Ability to read and debug C/C++

Benefits

• Base salary plus equity
• 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance
• 77% premium coverage for dependents
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
• Dental, Vision, Short/ long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life, and AD&D insurance plans
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options like Health Care, Limited Purpose, and Dependent Care
• Headspace subscription
• Gympass+ membership
• One Medical membership
• Counseling services with an Employee Assistance Program

Before you apply

• You must submit an application form for each position for which you believe you are qualified

About the company

SambaNova is a leader in next-generation AI infrastructure, delivering a full-stack inference platform for customers worldwide. Its technology includes the RDU (Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit) packaged into SambaRack.