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 productive 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 (India)
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