Principal Engineer - ASIC Design
Basking Ridge, NJ

Job Description

Company Description

Microchip Technology Incorporated is a leading supplier of field-programmable embedded control solutions by delivering a broad spectrum of innovative microcontrollers, analog, mixed-signal and security products, wired and wireless connectivity products, related non-volatile memory products and Flash-IP solutions.

Job Description

Job Description:

An opening exists in the functional validation group for an engineer with an interest in PCI Express (PCIe), embedded low level programming, and debug of complex ASICs. This group is a cross functional team of talented engineers tasked with pre-silicon and post-silicon validation of Microsemi's NVMe Flash controller products. The team is responsible for emulation validation, ensuring functional specification compliance, system interoperability under a wide range of operating environments (i.e., both hardware platforms and operating systems), measuring/analyzing performance, and system level debug of post silicon issues. The team also creates the hardware and software validation infrastructure necessary to perform these tasks. Team members work with architects/designers and influence the architecture, features, and performance of future products.

Responsibilities:

* Plan, develop, code, and execute pre-silicon and post-silicon validation plans
* System level debug of post-silicon hardware and software issues
* Build and support validation infrastructure through the development of embedded software, device drivers, and test tools

Job Requirements

Required:

* Bachelor or Master degree in CS, CE, EE with 7+ yrs. Experience OR Advanced degree with 5+ yrs. Experience OR PhD with 3+ yrs. Experience.
* Proficient in C and/or embedded C programming
* Excellent knowledge of digital systems and computer architecture
* Ability to develop functional validation plans and develop software necessary to execute these plans
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred:

* Knowledge of PCI/PCI Express system architecture
* Familiarity with storage interfaces (e.g., NVMe, SCSI, AHCI, SATA, or SAS)
* Experience developing device drivers for Windows or Linux
* Experience in use of lab equipment (e.g., protocol analyzers)

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