HW Validation Engineer - Austin (Oakhill, Office), United States
Originally posted 17 May 2026 by the employer.
Contribute to pre-silicon and post-silicon validation of SerDes and high-speed interfaces for automotive products.
About the role
NXP is seeking a HW Validation Engineer to contribute to pre-silicon and post-silicon validation and production of SerDes and high-speed interfaces for automotive grade products.
What you'll do
- Develop and implement detailed validation test plans, methodologies, and infrastructure to achieve target coverage. - Develop test cases, test environments, and automation scripts using Python, utilizing oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, traffic generators, and analyzers. - Collaborate with design, DV, analog, and firmware teams to debug, root-cause, and resolve validation issues, and support operations with bench and high-volume ATE functional screening. - Document test plans, test results, and validation coverage reports, communicating outcomes to stakeholders. - Create automation scripts and web-based tools to automate validation and firmware QA tests while collecting diagnostic data.
What you'll need
- B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering. - 10+ years of experience in silicon validation of high-speed networking SerDes and mixed signal/analog/digital ICs and blocks, with knowledge of PCS and PMA networking layers. - Hands-on experience with debug and characterization of high-speed interfaces such as CSI-2 and Ethernet. - Expertise with script-based test automation in Python and strong scripting skills in general.
Nice to have
- Experience in GUI development for HW and FW debug.
This role has been open 122 days — well above the 112-day median for Silicon Test Engineering roles.
Silicon Test Engineering · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
187
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Median days open
112 d
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Median salary
$129k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NXP Semiconductors | All employers we track in this specialty (187 roles · 56 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 187 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 51 | 2256 · 113 employers |
| Median days open | 112 d | 112 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $129k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Teradyne · 14 open roles · median 117 d
- Qualcomm · 12 open roles · median 112 d
- Renesas Electronics · 12 open roles · median 105 d
- Infineon Technologies · 9 open roles · median 120 d
- Marvell Technology · 9 open roles · median 120 d
- onsemi · 9 open roles · median 157 d
How we counted: 187 open Silicon Test Engineering (Silicon Validation) roles from 56 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 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 Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.