Senior/Principal Hardware ASIC Validation Engineer

Draper is a nonprofit research and development company based in Cambridge, MA, with over 2,000 employees dedicated to solving significant national challenges across various fields, including military defense, space exploration, and biomedical engineering. The company fosters a collaborative environment that encourages innovation through multidisciplinary teamwork.

Responsibilities:

• Specify, design, verify, test, and validate Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs).
• Involve in all phases of product development from inception to first silicon bring-up and throughout the product life cycle.
• Mentor and train junior engineers.
• Generate detailed test plans to ensure performance and functionality.
• Collaborate early with design teams to implement testability features.
• Develop cost-efficient and manufacturable test solutions for high-performance analog and mixed-signal ATE platforms.
• Execute silicon debug, correlation, characterization, yield analysis, and production transfer.
• Supervise schematic design, layout, component procurement, and assembly of ATE hardware for precision analog amplifiers and mixed-signal ICs.
• Analyze characterization data using statistical methodologies.
• Design high-performance test solutions for silicon verification and manufacturing.
• Define test schematics and collaborate with layout engineers on PCB design.
• Debug test programs and correlate production test solutions with engineering measurements.
• Participate in new product development and evaluate new test systems.
• Work with Design and Systems/Applications teams to implement a Design for Test plan.
• Manage project schedules aligned with product introduction and release.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field; Master's degree preferred.
• 5-7 years of experience with a bachelor's degree, 3-5 years with a master's, or 0-2 years with a PhD in ASIC Hardware Engineering or related.

Skills:

• Proficiency in integrated circuit design.
• Understanding of integrated circuits, semiconductors, and computer architecture.
• Ability to write detailed design specifications.
• Experience managing small technical teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.