Unconventionalinc
AI Silicon, Silicon Validation Engineer
Palo Alto, CA
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 12 days ago
PythonMachine LearningFPGAElectrical EngineeringCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- As a Member of Technical Staff, Silicon Validation Engineer, you will be a foundational member of our small, multi-disciplinary R&D team.
- We are looking for accomplished and highly motivated individuals who are excited to tackle the hardest, most ambiguous technical challenges at the intersection of AI, physics, and computer architecture.
- You will be responsible for driving the post-silicon bring-up, validation, and characterization of the core components of our novel computing platform.
Responsibilities
- Post-Silicon Bring-up: Lead the initial power-on and bring-up of new silicon prototypes and hardware platforms in the lab.
- Mixed-Signal Characterization: Evaluate and benchmark the functionality, performance, and power consumption of complex mixed-signal circuits to ensure alignment with design specifications and simulation models.
- Lab Infrastructure: Design and maintain Python-based automation frameworks to accelerate characterization throughput, test repeatability, and data reporting.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with the System Modeling and both Analog and Digital Design teams to define validation requirements, interpret simulation-to-silicon correlation, and drive root-cause analysis.
- Evaluate and benchmark the functionality, performance, and power consumption of complex mixed-signal circuits to ensure alignment with design specifications and simulation models.
- Collaborate with the System Modeling and both Analog and Digital Design teams to define validation requirements, interpret simulation-to-silicon correlation, and drive root-cause analysis.
Requirements
- 5+ years of industry experience in post-silicon bringup-up, hardware validation, or silicon characterization.
- Familiarity with operating lab test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power analyzers, etc).
- Demonstrated proficiency in characterizing and debugging mixed-signal circuits.
- Experience with Python programming and lab automation.
- Experience evaluating the performance tradeoffs of current neural network architectures.
- Experience with correlating mixed-signal measurements on silicon to simulation models.
- Familiarity with FPGA emulation and RTL simulation to leverage pre-silicon verification for post-silicon bring-up.
- Familiarity with AI automation.
- The Mission: Tackle a fundamental problem that could redefine computing for the next 50 years.
Benefits
- A comprehensive package including best-in-class health benefits, 401k matching, truly unlimited PTO, and complimentary meals in our Palo Alto office.
- Since 2022, AI has entered the mainstream, reshaping entire industries from education and software development to fundamental consumer behaviors.
Company info
- At Unconventional, our mission is to solve this.
- We are rethinking computing from the ground up to build a new foundation for AI that is 1000x more efficient.
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