Post Silicon Validation Engineer – New College Graduate - Austin, Texas, United States
Verification, Validation & Test
Originally posted 21 September 2026 by the employer — open 0 days.
About the role
This role involves pre-silicon emulation and post-silicon validation for mixed-signal audio chips.
What you'll do
- Develop and execute tests on the lab bench during pre-silicon and post-silicon product phases.
- Learn to use validation plans, datasheets, and product requirements to evaluate functionality and performance.
- Build or enhance automated test scripts and regression test suites using Python.
- Work with oscilloscopes, signal generators, and other laboratory equipment to measure and understand device behavior.
- Partner with IC Design, Systems, and Applications engineers to understand use cases and solve technical problems.
- Help debug issues involving silicon, evaluation boards, software, and hardware tools.
- Analyze test results, identify failures, and communicate findings using tools such as Spotfire.
- Document test methods, results, and conclusions clearly for the broader engineering team.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, completed or expected by the start date.
- Academic, internship, co-op, research, or personal project experience with programming or scripting in MATLAB, LabVIEW, Python, C, or a similar language.
- Exposure to electrical engineering fundamentals through coursework, laboratory work, projects, or prior experience.
- Interest in hands-on debugging and learning how silicon, boards, software, and test equipment work together.
- Effective problem-solving, attention to detail, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively across engineering teams and take ownership of assigned work.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, signal generators, power supplies, or other electronic laboratory equipment.
- Coursework, project, internship, or research experience in analog, digital, power electronics, mixed-signal, or audio engineering.
- Experience developing automated tests, analyzing data, or building a regression test framework.
- Familiarity with reading schematics, datasheets, timing diagrams, or electrical specifications.
- Experience presenting technical work through a class project, internship, research activity, or student organization.
Market context
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 54-day median for Post-Silicon Validation roles.
Post-Silicon Validation · Design Verification
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Open roles in category
113
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Median days open
54 d
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Median salary
$164k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Cirrus Logic | All employers we track in this specialty (113 roles · 26 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 113 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 16 | 2044 · 111 employers |
| Median days open | 58 d | 54 d (+4 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $164k |
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 17 open roles · median 54 d
- AMD · 16 open roles · median 40 d
- Qualcomm · 16 open roles · median 36 d
- Graphcore · 9 open roles · median 96 d
- Amazon · 7 open roles · median 19 d
- Altera · 6 open roles · median 26 d
How we counted: 113 open Post-Silicon Validation (Design Verification) roles from 26 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 Sept 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.