Senior Design Lead - BIOS, Test/Interface/Uc Board Design, CPU

Bangalore, Karnataka

Job Summary

seeking an experienced Silicon Validation Board Design Engineer to design, develop, and support hardware platforms used for pre-silicon emulation, post-silicon validation, characterization, and bring-up of complex SoCs/ASICs. The candidate will work closely with silicon design, validation, firmware, and software teams to enable effective debug and validation of next-generation

Key Responsibilities

Design high-speed validation and characterization boards for ASICs, SoCs, MCUs, and FPGAs.Develop schematics and oversee PCB layout for multilayer boards.Design interfaces including:

- PCIe

- USB

- Ethernet

- DDR/LPDDR

- MIPI CSI/DSI
- Signal & Power Integrity

- Conduct Signal Integrity (SI) analysis for high-speed interfaces.
- Perform Power Integrity (PI) simulations and power delivery network validation.
- Define stack-ups and routing constraints for high-speed PCB designs.
- Work with PCB vendors and assembly houses for successful board fabrication.
- Silicon Bring-up & Validation





- Support first silicon bring-up activities.
- Develop validation plans and debug methodologies.
- Investigate silicon, board, and system-level issues.
- Perform hardware debugging using:
- Oscilloscope
- Logic analyzer
- Protocol analyzers
- JTAG debuggers
- Spectrum analyzers

Skill Requirements

B.E./B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, 8+ years (Lead Engineer)

Technical Skills

- Schematic design tools:
- Cadence OrCAD/Allegro
- Altium Designer
- Mentor Graphics Xpedition

- PCB design for 10+ layer high-speed boards.
- DDR3/DDR4/DDR5 or LPDDR design experience.
- Knowledge of PCIe Gen4/Gen5 design considerations.
- Power supply design including PMICs and DC-DC converters.
- JTAG and boundary scan debugging.
- Silicon validation methodologies.

Other Requirements

Lab Skills

- Oscilloscope measurements up to multi-GHz ranges.
- High-speed serial interface debug.
- Power rail characterization and current profiling.

📌 Senior Design Lead - BIOS, Test/Interface/Uc Board Design, CPU (Bengaluru)
🏢 HCLTech
📍 Bengaluru