Failure Analysis & System Validation Engineer
About The Position
As a Failure Analysis Engineer in Product Quality Organization, you will play a critical role in failure analysis across cutting-edge semiconductor products. This position is ideal for someone with a strong background in Post Silicon Validation, Failure Analysis, Platform level Debug who can apply deep technical insight to identify, isolate, and resolve complex issues in silicon and system-level environments. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including design, validation, FW, and manufacturing to drive root cause analysis and corrective actions. Your contributions will directly impact product quality, reliability, and customer satisfaction.
Requirements
- Strong technical and analytical expertise in Component Debug, Power Management, PCIe, and Memory Validation.
- Ability to thrive in both collaborative team settings and independent work.
- Ability to define goals, manage development efforts, and deliver high-quality solutions.
- Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in CPU/GPU Architecture, debug/validation, stress or functional test development.
- Experience in Debugging complex Software/Hardware/FW related Fails from new product introduction (NPI) through production.
- Experience working with High-speed server Interfaces such as PCIe, Memory and UPI. Ability to understand and debug PCIe and Memory related Failures.
- Strong Programming experience with Python, shell script, or similar, Windows and Linux OS.
- Hands on Experience with server platforms and lab equipment (Regulated Power supply, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc.)
- Understanding Firmware and drivers, and their interaction with Hardware. Ability to tune Firmware as needed.
- Understanding of Power Management Concepts and Working knowledge of PVT dependencies and Margining (Voltage, Temperature, Frequency).
- Strong Leadership, communication, documentation and presentation skills.
- Experience with GPU data center infrastructure is a plus
- Experience with AI tools, AI agents, or building agent-based automation workflows is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Bring up Server Platforms, Develop and execute DOE's to reproduce and isolate failures, Identify and help resolve quality issues.
- Develop Automation and tools to run tests and analyze results/logs.
- Perform debug and drive root cause analysis across silicon, system and Rack-level issues
- Collaborate with Customer Quality Engineers (CQE), design and validation teams to identify root causes for hardware and firmware issues.
- Partner with Product Line Quality (PLQ)/Test teams to implement corrective actions and improve test capability.
- Own end to end FA, Document findings, Analyze and present Data and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. Create Failure Analysis reports.
- Participate in NPI of Future products, Oversee the set-up of new products and test stations for Failure Analysis operations.
Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
