Sr. Embedded Systems Platform Manager

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. • San Jose, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Sr. Embedded Systems Platform Manager to define, lead, and deliver the embedded systems platform supporting mixed-signal power controller IC validation and qualification. This role owns the bench and emulation infrastructure used across the IC development lifecycle—from pre-silicon validation planning through silicon bring-up, characterization, and qualification. This is a senior, high-visibility role with extensive interaction across Analog, Digital, FW Design, Systems Architecture, Validation, Applications, and Product Engineering to ensure platform capabilities align with IC milestones and validation coverage needs.

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years in embedded systems, power electronics, or mixed-signal IC validation with progression to staff-level scope.
• Hands-on digital control-loop implementation (compensation design, z-domain analysis, Type II/III or state-space approaches).
• FPGA-based emulation or prototyping experience (VHDL/Verilog at RTL/integration level).
• Strong instrumentation skills (oscilloscope, network analyzer, power analyzer, electronic load).
• Bench automation experience (Python, SCPI) and disciplined lab practices for repeatable characterization.
• Familiarity with power converter topologies (buck, boost, LLC, PSFB) and small-signal modeling.

Nice To Haves

• PMBus, AVSBus, or I 2C/SPI digital power management protocol experience.
• Mixed-signal IC characterization, product engineering, or semiconductor applications background.
• SPICE, MATLAB/Simulink, or Python control library proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the embedded systems platform strategy across the IC development, validation, qualification, and applications support lifecycle.
• Establish architecture standards for emulation systems, and reusable validation collateral (hardware, firmware, scripts, and documentation).
• Drive roadmap alignment between embedded platform capabilities and IC program milestones, balancing reuse, scalability, and time-to-lab readiness to ensure embedded platform and power boards are aligned to product variations and load test board use cases.
• Architect bench-level test systems covering functional, parametric, and closed-loop application validation for digital power controllers.
• Integrate and validate digital control-loop implementations of emulation platforms, correlating behavioral models against measured IC performance.
• Drive model-to-silicon correlation by identifying and resolving discrepancies between simulation, emulation, and silicon across operating conditions and corner cases.
• Support pre-silicon design reviews with a focus on testability, observability, debug hooks, and validation coverage.
• Support silicon bring-up by establishing baseline electrical characterization, automation, and control-loop commissioning procedures.
• Partner with applications and product engineering to reproduce issues, debug in the lab, and harden validation platforms for sustained use across programs.

Benefits

• health care coverage
• financial support programs
• other resources designed to help you achieve your personal and professional goals
• unique career paths
• open and collaborative culture
• financially stable company
• opportunities to work globally and locally

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior