DSP Core Validation Engineer
Texas 
Benefits - Full

Relocation Assistance Available - Yes

Interview Travel Reimbursed - Yes

Description

These positions are part of the Pre-Silicon Emulation / Post-Silicon Validation team that is focused on bringing the leading edge Mixed Signal Audio chips to market. Our Audio chips are focused on enabling an incredible audio experience with highly integrated platform level functionality in terms of performance while driving the industry with lowest power consumption and highest efficiency.

You will be responsible for :

•Design and develop a constrained random regression framework in C/assembly to validate DSP cores on the bench

•Develop tests in assembly to validate multiple core architectures, parallelism (independent/parallel computing), pipelining, shared memory, instruction set

•Define validation plans, implement tests and execute in the lab on pre-silicon FPGA platform and post-silicon validation platforms

Qualifications

•The posting is targeted for mid-level to senior level candidates. You must possess the below minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred experiences are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications

•BS + 6 years or MS + 3 years in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science

•Requires 3+ years of experience in working with embedded processors and development of embedded firmware using C/Assembly

•Strong experience with assembly language programming on any processor

•Strong understanding of processor core architecture

•Strong understanding of digital processing systems and peripherals such as memory interfaces, DMA/Interrupt controller, clocking, I2C/SPI, bootloaders etc.

•Self-motivation, problem solving and attention to detail are highly valued, as you will need to understand silicon, board and software interactions.

Additional Preferred Experience

•Hands-on lab test/debug experience during pre and/or post silicon validation with scopes, analyzers and general lab gear.

•Solid electrical engineering knowledge in digital signal processing and audio engineering (analog and digital).

•Experience with scripting or programming languages such as MATLAB, C, C++, TCL, PERL, PYTHON or similar.

More About the Position
40+ Hours per Week

Visa Candidates Considered - Yes

2+ to 5 years of experience
Minimum Education - Bachelor's Degree