Bench Digital & Mixed-Signal Validation Engineer

- Location: Coimbatore, Bengaluru, India
- Work Mode: Onsite
- Experience: 3- 10 Years

Role Overview We are seeking a Bench Digital & Mixed-Signal Validation Engineer to support silicon validation, characterization, and board-level verification for semiconductor products. The role involves first silicon bring-up, bench validation, hardware debugging, interface validation, and laboratory automation using industry-standard test equipment. The engineer will work closely with Design, Product Engineering, Embedded Software, PCB Design, and Manufacturing teams throughout the product development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

- Develop, integrate, and debug bench validation setups for Digital and Mixed-Signal semiconductor devices.
- Perform first silicon bring-up, board bring-up, engineering validation, and silicon characterization.
- Design and validate evaluation boards, interface boards, adapter boards, interposers, and custom validation fixtures.
- Review schematics and PCB layouts while performing power sequencing and board-level debugging.
- Validate communication interfaces including I C, SPI, UART, GPIO, USB, PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, SD/eMMC, MIPI, CAN, LIN, and JTAG.
- Develop automated validation frameworks for instrument control, data acquisition, regression testing, and report generation.
- Execute electrical validation, functional validation, stress testing, interoperability testing, and regression testing.
- Analyze waveforms, timing diagrams, protocol transactions, and register-level behavior using laboratory instruments.
- Debug hardware, firmware, software, silicon, and system-level issues through structured root cause analysis.
- Develop validation procedures, test plans, characterization reports, and engineering documentation.
- Support Engineering Validation (EV), Recent Product Introduction (NPI), Product Qualification, Reliability, and Customer Validation activities.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Design, Firmware,



Embedded Software, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, and Customer Support.

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE), Electrical & Electronics Engineering (EEE), Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering (EIE), Instrumentation Engineering, Computer Engineering, Embedded Systems, VLSI Design, Microelectronics, Semiconductor Technology, or a related engineering discipline.
- 3 -10 years of experience in semiconductor bench validation, silicon characterization, laboratory validation, or product validation engineering.
- Hands-on experience with semiconductor validation hardware and laboratory instrumentation.
- Strong understanding of digital electronics, mixed-signal systems, board-level debugging, and validation methodologies.

Technical Skills Bench Validation & Silicon Bring-Up

- Bench Validation
- First Silicon Bring-Up
- Board Bring-Up
- Silicon Characterization
- Engineering Validation (EV)
- Product Qualification
- Functional Validation
- Regression Testing
- Reliability Testing

Hardware Validation

- Evaluation Boards
- Interface Boards
- Adapter Boards
- Interposers
- Validation Fixtures
- Schematic Review
- PCB Layout Review
- Board-Level Debugging
- Power Sequencing

Communication Interfaces

- I C
- SPI
- UART
- GPIO
- USB
- PCI Express (PCIe)
- Ethernet
- DDR
- SD/eMMC
- MIPI
- CAN
- LIN
- JTAG

Bench Test Equipment

- High-Bandwidth Digital Oscilloscope (Tektronix, Keysight, Teledyne LeCroy)
- Logic Analyzer
- Arbitrary Waveform Generator (AWG)
- Function Generator
- Source Measure Unit (SMU)
- Digital Multimeter (DMM)
- Programmable DC Power Supply
- Electronic Load
- Protocol Analyzer
- Temperature Chamber

Programming & Automation

- Python
- PyVISA
- SCPI
- C
- C++
- LabVIEW
- MATLAB
- Embedded C
- Instrument Automation
- Data Acquisition Automation

Semiconductor Knowledge

- ASIC
- SoC
- Microcontrollers
- Memory Devices
- ADC
- DAC
- Mixed-Signal Controllers
- Register-Level Debugging
- Waveform Analysis
- Protocol Debugging

📌 Bench Digital & Mixed-Signal Validation Engineer (Coimbatore)
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