Hardware Validation Engineer

Job Role: Hardware Validation Engineer
Experience: 7 to 15 Years
Location: Bangalore
Key Responsibilities
Perform electrical validation and board-level debugging of high-speed digital hardware.
Review schematics, PCB layouts, and high-speed board designs for design quality and validation readiness.
Lead high-speed board bring-up and troubleshoot hardware issues.
Validate interfaces including PCIe, DDR, and high-speed serial interfaces.
Perform Signal Integrity (SI) and Power Integrity (PI) issue triaging in collaboration with SI/PI teams.
Analyze Eye Diagrams, Jitter, TDR, signal quality, and timing characteristics.
Perform DDR/NAND memory characterization and validation.
Design, test, and validate switching DC power supplies and power delivery circuits.
Validate high-speed processor-based designs and associated board-level interfaces.
Perform noise injection, power-loss, and power-backup circuit measurements.
Characterize different energy-storage mechanisms and drive-power backup circuits.
Develop and execute hardware validation plans, test procedures, and debug strategies.
Must-Have Skills
7+ years of experience in Digital Hardware / High-Speed Board Design and Validation.
Strong experience in Schematic Design, PCB Design, and Design Review.
Hands-on experience in high-speed board bring-up and board-level debugging.
Strong experience with PCIe, DDR, and high-speed serial interfaces.
Experience with electrical validation and signal integrity troubleshooting.
Hands-on experience with Eye Diagram, Jitter, and TDR measurements.
Experience with high-speed/high-bandwidth oscilloscopes, power/data analyzers, and memory characterization equipment.
Strong understanding of DDR/NAND memory testing and characterization.
Experience in Switching DC Power Supply design and testing.
Good knowledge of I2C, SPI, and SMBus protocols.

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