SoC Validation Engineer

Location: Austin, Texas (Oakhill office)

Company

hirify.global develops complex System-on-Chip products for automotive, industrial, networking, and IoT applications.

What you will do

• Develop validation plans and test content for IP, subsystems, and full-chip functionality.
• Bring up, execute, and debug tests across pre-silicon emulation and physical silicon.
• Characterize silicon across process, voltage, and temperature variations.
• Build validation environments, test frameworks, and automation scripts.
• Debug hardware issues with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and JTAG debuggers.
• Analyze failures, identify root causes, support qualification and reliability testing, and communicate validation findings.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in SoC validation, emulation, or silicon validation.
• Strong knowledge of digital design, computer architecture, SoC architectures, ARM-based processors, and ARM assembly.
• Experience with C, Linux, and Python, Perl, or Shell scripting.
• Experience with industry-standard interfaces and protocols, including PCIe, USB, Ethernet, CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, and MIPI.
• Knowledge of hardware debugging, FPGA prototyping, board-level validation, and laboratory equipment, combined with strong analytical and communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional collaboration with design, verification, firmware, software, and product engineering teams.
• Work supports high-quality silicon releases and customer issue resolution.
• Equal opportunity employment and reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.