Post Silicon Electrical Validation Engineer I

Cadence • San Jose, CA

56d • $88,900 - $165,100 • Onsite

About The Position

This is a full-time, on-site role for a Post Silicon Electrical Validation Engineer based in San Jose, CA, in the Cadence IP group. The engineer will be responsible for validating the electrical performance of our internal silicon test chips, debugging silicon issues by collaborating with the analog and digital design teams and releasing high quality characterization reports. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the reliability and functionality of the product. Why Cadence? Cadence is at the forefront when it comes to the development of bleeding edge technology SERDES designs such as PCIe Gen7, 224Gbps Ethernet amongst other protocols and joining us gives you a golden opportunity to partner in our progress.

Requirements

• The candidate is expected to be strongly motivated by the prospect of driving electrical testing efforts for identifying silicon issues and being involved in debug efforts for the same.
• Very good fundamentals in analog electronics, digital electronics, negative feedback theory, stability and control systems theory
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• The role is open for new college grads with Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in the hardware semiconductor or electronics industry is a plus
• Experience with script-based test automation in Perl, Python, or other scripting tools is a plus

Responsibilities

• Validating the electrical performance of our internal silicon test chips
• Debugging silicon issues by collaborating with the analog and digital design teams
• Releasing high quality characterization reports
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the reliability and functionality of the product

Benefits

• paid vacation and paid holidays
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• employee stock purchase plan
• a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees