Staff Engineer - Characterization

We are seeking a hands-on and detail-oriented Board Evaluation and Characterization Engineer to support bring-up, testing, and electrical characterization of evaluation boards and silicon devices. This role involves working closely with design, validation, and test teams to ensure system-level functionality, electrical compliance, and performance verification of silicon in real-world hardware environments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead evaluation and bring-up of custom evaluation boards, reference designs, and test platforms for SoCs, MCUs, or ASICs.
• Perform electrical characterization of interfaces (e.g., USB, SPI, I²C, ADC, DDR, Ethernet).
• Validate power, clock, reset, and peripheral functionality across operating conditions (voltage, temperature).
• Measure signal integrity, power sequencing, voltage drops, and current consumption using lab equipment.
• Collaborate with design and layout teams to review schematics, board stack-ups, and layout constraints.
• Work with test teams to correlate bench and ATE data.
• Analyze and debug hardware issues related to signal quality, thermal behavior, and functional margins.
• Support silicon validation through the development of scripts, test content, and automated test setups.
• Document test procedures, test reports, and bring-up guidelines.

Function: Engineering
Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level