GDL Lab Engineering Manager
About the role
The GDL Lab Engineering Manager leads a central engineering team responsible for validation technology, bench automation, and lab software infrastructure across Analog and Embedded business units. The role oversees common software frameworks, specialized testing platforms, and lab operational tooling for global deployment.
What you'll do
- Define the direction for validation technology by developing reusable hardware and software solutions that scale across multiple business units.
- Oversee common software infrastructure transitions toward Python frameworks while maintaining LabVIEW and TestStand environments.
- Direct operational tooling and processes for asset management, equipment utilization, and automated tracking across bench and test environments.
- Deploy specialized test platforms to address requirements in EMC/EMI, space radiation, and data center testing.
- Guide the integration of AI/ML into laboratory workflows, including agentic bench platforms and advanced data analytics.
- Collaborate with business units, validation and test councils, TTS, and IT to align lab engineering with product roadmaps.
What you'll need
- 5+ years of experience in semiconductor validation, test, or application support.
- 5+ years of experience in automated software development.
- Demonstrated experience designing and deploying fully automated bench validation platforms integrating hardware, software, and instruments.
- Strong understanding of analog and mixed-signal circuits and advanced lab instrumentation.
- System-level debugging skills with experience coordinating cross-functional stakeholders.
Nice to have
- Experience managing engineering teams.
- Advanced programming proficiency in Python and experience with LabVIEW and TestStand.
- Knowledge of EMC testing standards (such as CISPR 25, CISPR 32, IEC ESD) and space radiation testing.
- Experience developing advanced data analytics using Spotfire, post-processing algorithms, or ML-driven tools.
- Experience applying LLMs, prompt engineering, or machine learning to validation, test, and data analysis workflows.
- Knowledge of functional or system-level testing for Automotive and Industrial market segments.
Skills: validation, bench automation, Python, LabVIEW, TestStand, instrumentation
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 40-day median for Post-Silicon Validation roles.
Post-Silicon Validation · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
438
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Median days open
40 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$167k
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| Metric | Texas Instruments | All employers we track in this specialty (438 roles · 62 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 13 | 438 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 103 | 2332 · 110 employers |
| Median days open | 29 d | 40 d (−11 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $167k |
Skills observed across this category: validation, bench automation, Python, LabVIEW, TestStand, instrumentation
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 58 open roles · median 48 d
- Qualcomm · 37 open roles · median 32 d
- Micron Technology · 31 open roles · median 41 d
- NVIDIA · 24 open roles · median 35 d
- Microchip Technology · 23 open roles · median 80 d
- Apple · 20 open roles · median 11 d
How we counted: 438 open Post-Silicon Validation (Silicon Validation) roles from 62 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 3 Nov 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 Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.