Intern - ASIC Validation - Minneapolis, MN, United States
$24 - $55 USD hourly
Originally posted 15 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves validating newly developed silicon and enhancing the validation infrastructure used across engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Support silicon bring-up, testing, and validation activities for new ASIC devices.
- Characterize device functionality and performance using laboratory equipment, automation tools, and validation environments.
- Develop or enhance scripts, automation solutions, and AI-assisted workflows to improve validation efficiency, failure analysis, and reporting.
- Analyze validation results, debug complex issues, and evaluate AI-generated insights.
- Document technical findings, communicate project results, and present recommendations to engineering teams.
What you'll need
- 0-2 years of relevant experience through internships, research, academic projects, laboratory work, or engineering experience related to ASICs, semiconductor devices, hardware validation, or embedded systems.
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Basic understanding of ASIC design, silicon bring-up, validation methodologies, or semiconductor development processes.
- Experience using electronic laboratory equipment through coursework, research, or project activities.
- Familiarity with generative AI tools, AI-enabled workflows, and large language models (LLMs) such as Copilot, Claude, or similar technologies.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Nice to have
- Previous internship, research, or project experience in ASIC validation, semiconductor product development, hardware testing, or system validation.
- Programming experience with Python, C/C++, SystemVerilog, or similar languages used for automation and validation.
- Experience applying AI-assisted development, prompt engineering, workflow automation, data analysis, or machine learning techniques to engineering problems.
- Familiarity with AI agents, agentic workflows, automation frameworks, or data-driven engineering processes.
- Experience with data analysis, reporting tools, version control systems such as Git, or test automation methodologies.
- Understanding of responsible AI practices, including data governance, intellectual property protection, and human-in-the-loop validation.
Skills: ASIC Validation, silicon bring-up, testing, characterize device functionality, debug complex issues, laboratory equipment
This role has been open 31 days — well below the 42-day median for Post-Silicon Validation roles.
Post-Silicon Validation · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
409
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Median days open
42 d
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Median salary
$167k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Micron Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (409 roles · 61 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 39 | 409 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 202 | 2218 · 113 employers |
| Median days open | 39 d | 42 d (−3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $167k |
Skills observed across this category: ASIC Validation, silicon bring-up, testing, characterize device functionality, debug complex issues, laboratory equipment
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 58 open roles · median 43 d
- Micron Technology (this employer) · 39 open roles · median 39 d
- Qualcomm · 36 open roles · median 28 d
- NVIDIA · 26 open roles · median 23 d
- Microchip Technology · 22 open roles · median 68 d
- Graphcore · 20 open roles · median 121 d
How we counted: 409 open Post-Silicon Validation (Silicon Validation) roles from 61 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 Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.