Board Validation Engineer - USA-GA-Duluth-River Green Parkway, United States
$109,700 USD yearly
Originally posted 24 September 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on validating storage controllers, network cards, switch devices, and AI accelerators.
About the role
This involves designing, developing, and implementing end-to-end validation procedures with a primary focus on Power, Thermal, Timing, High-Speed Digital Design, and Host/Target interfaces.
What you'll do
- Own the hardware verification strategy and drive end-to-end test execution.
- Analyze performance data to identify product risks and communicate findings to engineering teams.
- Author comprehensive test reports with precise documentation of results, deviations, and failure analysis.
- Identify, architect, and implement automation frameworks to streamline test execution, data collection, and reporting processes.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in hardware testing (including test methodologies, planning, execution, and reporting) or board-level design.
- Proficiency with laboratory tools, including oscilloscopes, digital multi-meters, thermal chambers, and soldering tools.
- Proven ability to read and interpret complex board schematics and utilize PCB Viewer software tools.
- Deep familiarity with common bus protocols such as DDR4, PCIe, UART, I2C, and SPI.
- Competency working across both Windows and Linux operating systems.
- Experience utilizing Python for test scripting, GitHub for version control, and modern AI developer tools like Claude Code.
This role has been open 22 days — well below the 50-day median for Hardware Systems Engineering roles.
Hardware Systems Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
966
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$156k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Broadcom | All employers we track in this specialty (966 roles · 102 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 15 | 966 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 74 | 6119 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 25 d | 50 d (−25 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $156k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Intel Corporation · 74 open roles · median 35 d
- KLA Corporation · 65 open roles · median 43 d
- Teradyne · 57 open roles · median 29 d
- NVIDIA · 52 open roles · median 67 d
- Applied Materials · 50 open roles · median 65 d
- AMD · 47 open roles · median 49 d
How we counted: 966 open Hardware Systems Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 102 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.