SoC Functional Validation Engineer

About This Role

• This position requires candidates to upload a resume in English; you are welcome to upload multiple versions of your resume if you prefer but an English version of your resume will be required to be considered for this position.
• As a SoC Functional Validation Engineer, you will play a critical role in ensuring Intel's System-on-Chip (SoC) solutions meet the highest standards of quality, functionality, and performance.
• You will contribute to the success of Intel's SoC designs by validating IP integration, optimizing system-level features, and debugging post-silicon issues to enable cutting-edge innovations.
• Your work will directly impact Intel's ability to deliver reliable and scalable solutions across diverse applications.
• Join us and become an essential part of the engineering excellence driving Intel's technology revolution.
• Key Responsibilities: Define, develop, and execute functional validation for integrated SoCs, focusing on IP integration, IP interactions, and system-level features.
• Apply hardware and software validation tools and methodologies to ensure comprehensive coverage while meeting performance, power, and area goals.
• Review and assess proposed design changes to evaluate their impact on validation plans, tasks, and timelines.
• Develop SoC validation methodologies, create detailed test plans, and collaborate with engineering teams to troubleshoot issues and optimize designs.
• Perform silicon debug to identify root causes, analyze complex failures, and resolve functional and triage issues for SoC designs.
• Test interaction between various SoC features utilizing validation infrastructure to ensure system readiness.
• Develop post-silicon validation infrastructure including performance monitors, behavioral checkers, and test environments for validation testing.
• Publish validation reports summarizing activities, results, and insights, while communicating findings to critical teams.
• Collaborate with architecture, design, verification, board, platform, and manufacturing teams to refine debug processes, validation strategies, and methodologies for SoC interfaces.
• Generate test content to enhance specific IP interactions using tools such as microcode patches, firmware updates, or custom OS builds.
• Engage in multiple product lifecycle phases, performing bug hunts and validation in diverse environments including simulation, emulation, and FPGAs.