Validation / Verification Eng, Staff Engineer

We Are Synopsys is the leader in engineering solutions from silicon to systems, enabling customers to rapidly innovate AI-powered products. We deliver industry-leading silicon design, IP, simulation and analysis solutions, and design services. We partner closely with our customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow. You Are You have spent years in the lab where theory meets silicon, and you know that the real work starts when the chip comes back from fab. You are the kind of engineer who can look at a waveform on an oscilloscope and know within seconds whether you are chasing a design issue, a board problem, or a test setup artifact. Debug does not frustrate you; it energizes you because finding the root cause is the point. You think in experiments, not just test plans. When something does not behave as expected, you do not wait for someone to tell you what to try next. You adjust the setup, swap the probe point, rewrite the script, and iterate until the data tells you what is actually happening. You have built enough test automation to know that the first version never works perfectly, and you are comfortable refining it until it does. Working across design, firmware, and customer teams does not slow you down. You translate between domains easily because you have lived in all of them. At Synopsys, you will validate memory interface IP that ships into products used across the industry, and the rigor you bring to that work will matter. What You'll Be Doing Validate and characterize DDR, LPDDR, and HBM memory interface IP on silicon, running experiments that prove functionality, performance, and reliability before customer shipment Develop and execute test programs on Teradyne J750 ATE, collecting high-volume data across parametric, functional, and stress conditions Automate lab equipment using Python to control oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, and power supplies for repeatable, scalable testing Debug silicon issues by analyzing measurement data, correlating results across bench and ATE environments, and working with design and firmware teams to isolate root cause Assess IP reliability through Latch-up, HBM, CDM, HTOL, and ELFR testing, documenting results in characterization reports that guide product release decisions Design PCB test boards and ATE load boards, working from schematics and layouts to ensure design performs to specification and achieves accurate measurements Address customer issues by providing detailed debug, guidance, and drive issues to resolution The Impact You Will Have Your validation work directly determines whether Synopsys memory IP is ready to ship, affecting product timelines and customer confidence across the semiconductor industry The test automation you build scales across multiple IP products and releases, reducing validation cycle time and increasing coverage Your characterization reports become the technical foundation for customer engagements, sales collateral, and internal design reviews Debug rigor you bring to silicon issues prevents costly respins and field failures, protecting both schedule and reputation Test methodologies you develop and standardize become the playbook for future validation engineers joining the Nepean lab Customer issues you resolve keep high-stakes programs moving, often under tight timelines where your responsiveness is the difference between a delay and a win The data you collect and analyze feeds back into design improvements, tightening the loop between silicon and specification What You'll Need Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering 3-5 years of hands-on SOC or silicon validation experience, with a strong track record of bringing chips from first silicon to production release 3+ years scripting in Python/C++/ MATLAB/ TCL/ Perl/ Visual Basic to automate test sequences, data collection, and analysis workflows 2+ years of experience and good understanding of PCB boards design or ATE load boards design, command over schematics and layouts design tools (OrCAD/ Altium/ Mentor Graphics/ KiCAD) 2+ years of experience and good knowledge of hardware troubleshooting/ PCB debug Expertise with lab instruments including oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, and network analyzers, making precision measurements that hold up under scrutiny Hands-on lab/debug experience of validating digital / analog blocks.