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David Careers

Post-Silicon Validation Engineer, New Grad

Posted 4 days ago

sambanova systemsSan Jose (CA)
Validation EngineersResearch and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences

SENIORITY

Mid

SALARY

$120,000 per year

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About the role

Post-Silicon Validation Engineer SambaNova is a leader in next-generation AI infrastructure, delivering a full-stack inference platform for customers worldwide. At the core of SambaNova's technology is the RDU (Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit) — a chip built on a dataflow architecture rather than the traditional GPU model. Its decode performance is especially strong for agentic workloads like multi-turn agents, code generation, and long-running applications. RDUs are packaged into SambaRack, rack-scale hardware that lets customers deploy state-of-the-art models with better performance, greater energy efficiency, and faster time to value.
About the Role: As a new grad Post-Silicon Validation Engineer, you'll test new RDU silicon in the lab. You'll run characterization and stress tests on interfaces like PCIe, Ethernet, and HBM, write Python scripts to automate testing and analyze results, and help debug issues with the design, firmware, and system teams.
Responsibilities:
  • Run functional, characterization, stress, and performance tests on high-speed IO and memory subsystems
  • Write scripts to automate validation, debug, and data analysis
  • Help debug issues across silicon, board, and software with design, firmware, and system teams
  • Use lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and protocol analyzers to diagnose failures
  • Support bring-up of new silicon and systems
  • Feed findings back to pre-silicon verification to improve coverage
Required Qualifications:
  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
  • Coursework or project experience in digital design, computer architecture, or high-speed interfaces
  • Scripting experience in Python or bash
  • Strong analytical and data analysis skills
Preferred Qualifications:
  • M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
  • Familiarity with PCIe, Ethernet, HBM, CXL, or UCIeHands-on lab experience with oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, or BERTsFamiliarity with SerDes concepts
  • Ability to read and debug C/C++Internship experience in validation, bring-up, or hardware test
Base Pay Range $120,000 —$150,000 USDSambaNova Systems is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard basis of age (40 and over), color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, national origin/ancestry, race, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding), sexual orientation, and any other applicable status protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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