Silicon Validation Engineer, Reality Labs

The Reality Labs team is building products that make it easier for people to connect with the ones they love most.

We are a team of world-class experts developing and shipping products at the intersection of silicon, hardware, software, and content.

The Reality Labs team seeks a Silicon Validation Engineer.As a Silicon Validation Engineer, you will be part of the RL Silicon Validation team validating high performance silicon and leading the effort to ensure high-quality silicon delivery.

Responsibilities:

Silicon Validation Engineer, Reality Labs Responsibilities:

Responsible for SoC and end-to-end system validation plan development, execution and sign-off.

Identify and communicate technical risks related to the project to the stakeholders.

Plan, organize, and participate in silicon bring-up and validation activities across multiple SoCs.

Understand system HW/SW/FW component as a whole and drives test execution and debug with cross functional/PnP teams.

Collaborate with the team for lab debug, silicon bug repro, failure analysis, and failure report activities.

Work with cross-functional teams (i.e., architecture, IP, FW, EE, SoC, and product engineer teams) to generate validation reports for SoC and systems.

Work in an agile environment, changing roadmaps and adapt to validation plans based on changes.

Qualification and experience:

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

5+ years of hands-on experience in bring-up, debug, and validation of complex SoCs.

2+ years of experience in high-speed protocols (i.e., MIPI, PCIe, USB, DDR) and hands-on experience in high-speed IO bring-up.

2+ years of experience in silicon validation planning, execution, validation FW development, and validation sign-off.

2+ years of experience using lab equipment, such as scopes, BERTs, protocol analyzers, JTAG debuggers, etc.

Expertise with building silicon validation infrastructure and test automation, in highly cross-functional environments - across multiple team sites.

Experience influencing design, DV and post-silicon validation teams to optimize the usage of pre-silicon prototype platforms.

Preferred:

Preferred Qualifications:

Knowledge of ASIC design flow, silicon foundry test flow, and silicon FW development process.

Knowledge and experience in pre-silicon validation platforms (i.e., FPGA and emulation).

2+ years of experience working in a cross functional and cross site team environment.

Experience with building silicon validation infrastructure and test automation.