Principal Analog Validation Engineer - Austin (Oakhill, Office), United States
Originally posted 29 July 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Principal Analog Validation Engineer, you will be responsible for comprehensive validation of key product indicators (KPIs) for all analog circuitry in a given platform, focusing on understanding measurement needs and automating those measurements.
What you'll do
- Build parametric validation plans from electrical specifications.
- Write software to configure the device under test (DUT) for required test cases.
- Create hardware automation sequences to perform parametric measurements over process, voltage, temperature, and DUT configurations.
- Analyze parametric data to report pass/fail/margin to electrical specifications and generate summary reports.
- Interface with Design, Product & Test Engineering, Applications, and Software teams to debug IP-related issues.
- Generate hardware design requirements and participate in schematic and layout reviews.
What you'll need
- Bachelor or Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science with 5-10 years of industry experience.
- Experience with high-speed/RF lab equipment including oscilloscopes, BER testers, vector network analyzers, and phase noise analyzers.
- C programming experience.
- Data analysis using Excel, JMP, and/or PowerBI.
- Debug of hardware setups and schematic reading.
- Ability to debug silicon and signal integrity issues.
Nice to have
- TestStand and Python experience.
- Familiarity with SerDes validation and Ethernet IEEE 802.3 and PCIe protocols.
- AI prompting for software generation experience.
Skills: parametric validation plans, hardware automation, high-speed lab equipment, SerDes validation, PCIe protocols, silicon and signal integrity debug
This role has been open 81 days — well above the 43-day median for Post-Silicon Validation roles.
Post-Silicon Validation · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
410
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Median days open
43 d
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Median salary
$172k
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| Metric | NXP Semiconductors | All employers we track in this specialty (410 roles · 61 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 16 | 410 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 48 | 2219 · 113 employers |
| Median days open | 50 d | 43 d (+7 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $172k |
Skills observed across this category: parametric validation plans, hardware automation, high-speed lab equipment, SerDes validation, PCIe protocols, silicon and signal integrity debug
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 58 open roles · median 44 d
- Micron Technology · 39 open roles · median 40 d
- Qualcomm · 36 open roles · median 29 d
- NVIDIA · 26 open roles · median 24 d
- Microchip Technology · 22 open roles · median 69 d
- Graphcore · 20 open roles · median 122 d
How we counted: 410 open Post-Silicon Validation (Silicon Validation) roles from 61 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 18 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.