Post Silicon Validation Manager

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Roles & Responsibilities:  

• Take responsibility for the Post silicon validation scope and plan for IPs like HSIO, Memory, RAS, Cores, LSIO, Power Management, Multimedia etc. 
• Ensure robust planning at the pre-silicon stage, working with DV or Emulation teams and support the Leads and engineers in framing the relevant test cases 
• Support the team with the right infrastructure at the right time 
• Define the scaling of the teams for Capability and Capacity in line with the BU’s growth 
• Bigger picture planning for roadmaps and process improvements 
• Create a cohesive culture of openness, diversity, technical growth for the team members  
• Act with great resolve during testing times of critical issues, milestones, customer escalations and BU related internal changes 
• Exhibit strong leadership qualities to take the team forward towards growth and achieving the mission of the company 
• Exhibit great technical depth in the post silicon validation to take the right technical decisions for the team 

Individual requirements: 

• Highly skilled engineering professional with over 15 years of experience.
• Solid experience in handling high performing, dynamic and a strong technical team. 
• Solid Experience and Knowledge in the post silicon validation of x86 IPs like Cores, Memory, RAS, HSIO. 
• Solid experience in handling the growth charter for growing teams and embrace changes with ease and grace 
• Adept in calling out risks while anticipating issues and coming up with appropriate mitigation plans 
• Experienced in working with the Enablement Manager and Leads, Program Managers, Product Managers, BIOS/FW Managers and other cross functional stakeholders and create a robust alignment setup while running execution. 
• Preferred experience working with cross-functional teams like DV/Silicon Designers/Pre-silicon/Platform/BIOS/FW/ SW. 
• Experience in High Speed I/Os like PCIe (preferably Gen4 and above), Memory (DDR4/DDR5.LPDDR4/LPDDR5), USB4.0/3.2/3.1, USB PD, USB Type C, Display interfaces and Ethernet and high-speed interconnects. 
• Experience in Power Management, Power Delivery, and Power Measurements. 
• Hands-on high speed and board measurement techniques in using high end equipment like Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Debugger tools, Raspberry PI, Network analyzers, etc. 
• Preferred experience with scripting using TCL, Python 
• Excellent communication, collaboration, articulation, upleveling to senior management and team playing skills. 

Key responsibilities: 

• Ensuring the team delivers error free and timely delivery of test cases and test reports, meeting or beating the program commitment 
• Synergize with the Pre-silicon and DV teams and other stakeholders for proper interception of milestones and risk callouts. 
• Actively participate in discussions with cross-functional teams in defining and refining test plans and guiding the team for the right path. 
• Be on top of all issues pertinent to Debug & Triage of any functional issues specific across the entire validation cycle  
• Drive meetings for issue closures and actively track schedules and milestone quality metrics 
• Ensure the Best in class Documentation and collateral delivery from the team. 
• Engage with the QA Validation and CAE teams for seamless handing over of test plans or reports, as relevant. 

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This posting is for an existing vacancy.