Sr. Technical Staff - Sunnyvale, CA, United States
Originally posted 8 May 2026 by the employer.
Support the post-silicon validation of Cerebras Wafer Scale Engines.
About the role
This role supports the post-silicon validation of Cerebras Wafer Scale Engines, testing and debugging new silicon, developing automation and debug tools, and supporting wafer bring-up and manufacturing operations.
What you'll do
- Perform post-silicon validation of Cerebras Wafer Scale Engines.
- Test, analyze, and characterize high-speed serial interfaces to verify compliance with hardware specifications.
- Work with the silicon and operations team to test, bring up, and run burn-in on wafer-scale systems.
- Support manufacturing operations to utilize the wafer bring-up flow.
- Create and maintain automated regression test scripts, using Python and/or Bash.
- Develop debug tools in Python to program and analyze the behavior of the Wafer Scale Engine.
What you'll need
- Master's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Three (3) years of experience as an Application Engineer, Sr. Technical Staff, Hardware Engineer, or a related occupation.
- Electrical Signal Integrity Analysis.
- Hardware Bring-up & Debug.
- Functional and Electrical Characterization.
- Test automation using scripting language.
- High-Speed Interfaces & Protocols, including Ethernet, CPRI, or Interlaken.
Skills: post-silicon validation, wafer bring-up, high-speed serial interfaces, silicon debug, test automation
This role has been open 84 days — well above the 44-day median for Post-Silicon Validation roles.
Post-Silicon Validation · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
411
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Median days open
44 d
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Median salary
$172k
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| Metric | Cerebras | All employers we track in this specialty (411 roles · 61 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 411 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 3 | 2219 · 113 employers |
| Median days open | 84 d | 44 d (+40 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $172k |
Skills observed across this category: post-silicon validation, wafer bring-up, high-speed serial interfaces, silicon debug, test automation
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 58 open roles · median 45 d
- Micron Technology · 39 open roles · median 41 d
- Qualcomm · 36 open roles · median 30 d
- NVIDIA · 26 open roles · median 25 d
- Microchip Technology · 22 open roles · median 70 d
- Graphcore · 20 open roles · median 123 d
How we counted: 411 open Post-Silicon Validation (Silicon Validation) roles from 61 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 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.