Technical Director of Validation

Technical Director of Validation

The Technical Director of Validation will work in the lab to automate data collection and provide?framework to develop validation environment to check system performance and specification compliance.?The candidate is required to have experience with processor-memory interfaces, including DDR topologies and protocols, as well as high-speed signaling, including signal integrity and power integrity concepts.   

 
Responsibilities:

• Lab bring-up and validation of high-speed memory buffer semiconductor products.?? 
• Develop test methodologies for validating silicon designs against specifications.?? 
• Develop scripts for automating lab equipment and for analyzing lab data.?? 
• Lead validation tasks on bench planning, preparation, characterization execution, methodology improvements.
• Work with silicon design teams to develop experiments, drive data collection, and present results analysis.
• Provide inputs to FPGA, system, and PCB design requirements. 
• Support Applications Team in understanding and resolving customer issues.?? 

 
Qualifications:

• B.S. or M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering.?? 

• 20+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience in Bench testing and characterization of high speed and/or memory IO devices, exposure to DDRx  characterization is preferable.
• Proficiency with validation hardware and board design fundamentals 
• Skilled in high-speed lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, BERTs, and signal generators
• Hands-on lab work and writing software for lab automation, especially python.

• Must be a team player, working well with other lab engineers and circuit designers.?? 

Desired Skills:?? 

• Experience or knowledge of ATE or/and System Testing
• Experience in high speed digital designs, boards designs, PCB layouts, and signal integrity concepts
• Working knowledge of test and measurement equipment, troubleshooting and debugging.?? 
• Experience with hardware test equipment logic analyzers and protocol analyzers