Description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead system bring-up, board bring-up, debug, and validation of next-generation computing platforms.
• Perform CPU-level debug and root cause analysis of system-level hardware issues.
• Execute DDR memory initialization, training, validation, and debug.
• Perform PCIe bring-up, link training, protocol validation, and compliance testing.
• Debug and validate high-speed digital interfaces and memory interfaces.
• Support platform development across EVT, DVT, and PVT phases.
• Work closely with BIOS, firmware, and software engineering teams to resolve platform issues.
• Perform signal quality validation, timing analysis, and system margining.
• Support DPT, EMI, and EPG related validation and debug activities.
• Drive issue triage, root cause analysis, and corrective action for hardware failures.
• Collaborate with design teams during onsite design bring-up and validation activities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5–10+ years of hands-on experience in system engineering, platform validation, or hardware bring-up.
• Strong experience in:
• DDR memory interfaces (mandatory)
• PCIe validation and debug
• CPU/platform-level debugging
• Board bring-up and system validation
• High-speed interfaces
• Communication protocols
• Memory subsystem validation
• DPT, EMI, and EPG debugging

Technical Skills

Experience with industry-standard lab and debug tools including:

• Oscilloscope
• DMI
• Allegro
• Logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, signal generators, and other hardware debug tools

Hands-on experience with:

• Low-speed protocols: I2C, SPI, UART, JTAG
• High-speed interfaces: PCI Express, DDR, USB, Ethernet

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with FPGA development/debug.
• Knowledge of x86 architecture.
• Hardware validation or platform certifications.
• Experience in signal integrity / power integrity validation

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degrees