- Company Name
- Net2Source Inc.
- Job Title
- UFS IP Validation Engineer
- Job Description
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Job Title: UFS IP Validation Engineer
Role Summary:
Lead systems engineer responsible for validating external UFS storage devices and bus interconnects to the UFS specification. Drives design, post‑silicon execution, silicon bring‑up, and debugging of consumer processor and graphics‑based systems. Provides technical leadership, mentoring, and cross‑functional collaboration to meet development milestones.
Expectations:
- Demonstrate deep knowledge of UFS architecture, SoC design, and peripheral systems.
- Own pre‑silicon and post‑silicon validation, debugging, and risk mitigation.
- Lead technical presentations, design reviews, and root‑cause analysis sessions.
- Mentor and guide a technical team in best practices and tool development.
Key Responsibilities:
- Participate in system design across the product lifecycle, from emulation to post‑silicon validation.
- Define, publish, and execute validation strategies, test plans, and unit test coverage.
- Collaborate with Design, Software, Tools, and Project Leadership to shape test and debug methodologies.
- Lead cross‑functional discussions to identify and resolve technical issues.
- Perform isolation and debugging of southbridge/peripheral defects during bring‑up, validation, and production phases.
- Drive process improvement initiatives and tool/script development to enhance validation capabilities.
- Advise Program Leadership on risk areas, planning, and execution of validation activities.
Required Skills:
- Extensive experience validating UFS, NAND, NOR, ePROM, and related storage technologies.
- Strong understanding of SoC and computer architecture, southbridge technology, and system peripherals (PCIe, NVMe, USB, I2C, SATA, SPI, UART).
- Proficiency with FPGA, hardware emulation, UFS analyzers, and standard lab equipment.
- Knowledge of BIOS, OS (Windows/Linux), drivers, bootstrap flows, and power‑management features.
- Proven leadership, mentoring, and communication skills in a technical environment.
Required Education & Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline (additional qualifications in embedded systems, hardware validation, or similar are advantageous).
- Certifications in relevant areas (e.g., IEEE, ARM, or vendor‑specific system architecture) preferred but not mandatory.