Staff Validation Engineer - Power

Location: On-site 5 days a week in NW Austin, Texas, United States. Candidates must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.

Company

hirify.global develops ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions for wearables, medical devices, IoT products, and AI-powered edge applications.

What you will do

• Lead power validation, characterization, and optimization for mixed-signal SoCs and edge AI devices.
• Define validation methodologies and build reusable automation frameworks and software tools for power analysis.
• Design and execute system-, subsystem-, and block-level validation plans.
• Develop embedded firmware and automation software for silicon bring-up, current profiling, and data collection.
• Design validation hardware and specify laboratory equipment for precision power measurement and ultra-low-current characterization.
• Collaborate with architecture, design, verification, firmware, systems, and product engineering teams; mentor engineers and provide technical leadership.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in silicon validation, power characterization, or low-power SoC development.
• Experience with mixed-signal SoCs, embedded systems, ARM-based SoCs, embedded firmware, and advanced power management architectures.
• Experience developing validation automation with Python, TCL, C, C++, or similar languages.
• Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, SMUs, picoammeters, and other precision measurement equipment.
• Experience debugging hardware, firmware, and system-level power issues, including DVFS, multiple power domains, retention modes, statistical characterization, production correlation, and silicon debug.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on ultra-low-power semiconductor technology for AI edge applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams across design, research, development, production, and operations.
• Engage in complex technical work focused on energy efficiency and silicon innovation.
• The role is fully on-site in NW Austin.
• Visa sponsorship and future sponsorship takeovers are not available for this role.