Validation / Verification Engineer, Sr Staff -18261
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In short
Synopsys is seeking a Senior Staff Validation/Verification Engineer in Nepean, Ontario, Canada. This role involves leading first-silicon bring-up and validation for advanced memory interface technologies like DDR6, LPDDR6, and HBM. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in electrical characterization, debug, root cause analysis, and developing automated validation frameworks.
Responsibilities
- Lead first-silicon bring-up and validation for DDR6, DDR5, LPDDR6/X, LPDDR5/5X, MRDIMM, and HBM test chips and evaluation platforms.
- Develop and execute validation plans covering functionality, parametric characterization, margin analysis, and reliability testing.
- Perform electrical characterization including eye diagram analysis, jitter measurements, and power consumption analysis.
- Drive systematic debug and root cause analysis of silicon, firmware, board, and test infrastructure issues.
- Build automated validation frameworks and reusable test infrastructure using Python, C/C++, and scripting tools.
- Lead the development of complex multilayer PCB designs for silicon characterization platforms.
- Generate characterization reports and present silicon performance data and debug findings to stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Engineering Physics, or related discipline.
- 6+ years of semiconductor industry experience in silicon validation, characterization, test, or product engineering.
- Strong understanding of DDR/LPDDR/HBM protocols, high-speed interfaces, Interface IP/PHY architectures, and digital and mixed-signal semiconductor design concepts.
- Experience in PCB board design & understanding of signal integrity, and power integrity concepts.
- Hands-on experience with lab instrumentation including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power analyzers, SMUs, pattern generators, and Automated Test Equipment (ATE).
- Experience performing statistical analysis, correlation studies, margin analysis, and root cause investigations.
- Experience with scripting any programming languages such as MATLAB/ Python/ Visual Basic/ TCL/ PERL as well C/C++ & test automation.
- In-depth understanding of JEDEC, automotive qualification standards and specifications and reliability testing.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with DDR5, LPDDR6, LPDDR5X, HBM3/HBM4 technologies is a plus.
- You drive complex technical problems independently across multiple disciplines without waiting for direction.
- You diagnose whether a failure is silicon, firmware, board, or test setup and make the call quickly.
- You translate technical findings into clear recommendations that design, firmware, and customer teams can act on.
- You mentor junior engineers through their first characterization projects without taking over the work.
- You push back when validation coverage is thin or root cause stops at correlation instead of causation.
- You treat documentation as part of the deliverable, not an afterthought.
Benefits
- Comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits.
- Total rewards include both monetary and non-monetary offerings.
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Company
Synopsys Inc
Job Posted
1 month ago
Employment Type
Full Time
WorkMode
On Site
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
Nepean, Canada
Qualification
Bachelor, Master
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