Hardware Validation Engineer

Job Role : Hardware Validation Engineer.

Experience : 7 - 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.