Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Silicon System Validation Leader to lead the validation strategy, execution, and team development for a portfolio of advanced Power Management Integrated Circuits (PMICs), including multiphase controllers, DrMOS/power stages, point-of-load (POL) regulators, integrated power modules, and digital power solutions. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a team of approximately 20 validation engineers and technicians, ensuring comprehensive silicon and system-level validation from first silicon through production release.

This role combines deep technical expertise in power electronics with strong people leadership, organizational management, cross-functional collaboration, and execution excellence. The leader will establish validation methodologies, drive product quality, accelerate time-to-market, and build a high-performing validation organization supporting next-generation computing, AI, networking, telecom, industrial, and automotive power solutions.

Your role

Key responsibilities in your new role

Technical Leadership

• Own the end-to-end validation strategy for
• Multi-phase voltage regulator controllers
• Smart power stages (DrMOS, SPS)
• POL regulators and DC-DC converters
• Integrated power modules
• Digital power management devices
• PMBus and telemetry-enabled products
• Develop comprehensive validation plans covering
• Functional ,Performance and System level validation
• Electrical characterization
• Corner and stress testing
• Reliability testing
• System-Level validation

System-Level Validation

Lead validation in representative customer environments including:

• CPUs and GPUs
• Data center platforms
• Industrial computing systems

Establish system validation platforms supporting:

• AI server power architectures
• High-current multiphase VR solutions

Team Leadership and Organizational Management

Manage and grow a validation organization of approximately 20 engineers, including

• Silicon and System Validation engineers
• Automation engineers

Responsibilities include:

• Workforce planning and hiring
• Goal setting and performance management
• Career development and succession planning
• Mentoring technical leaders and senior engineers
• Budget ownership and resource allocation
• Organization capability development

Create a culture of:

• Technical excellence and Data-driven decision making
• Continuous improvement and Customer-centric quality
• Cross-functional collaboration

Validation Infrastructure and Automation

Drive development of scalable validation infrastructure:

Hardware

• Automated characterization racks
• Thermal chambers
• High-current load systems
• Power and Network analyzers
• Oscilloscopes
• Environmental stress systems

Software

• Python-based automation frameworks
• LabVIEW applications
• Instrument control software
• Automated data analytics
• Dashboard and reporting tools
• Statistical analysis systems

Lead initiatives to improve:

• Validation coverage
• Test repeatability
• Automation efficiency
• Data quality
• Throughput and productivity

Cross-Functional Engagement

Partner closely with:

• Design , Applications , Test Engineering and Project management teams
• Key customers

Provide validation feedback to influence:

• Architecture decisions
• Silicon revisions
• Firmware development
• Product roadmap planning

Failure Analysis and Root Cause Leadership

Lead investigation of:

• Silicon anomalies
• Customer-returned units
• Characterization failures
• Reliability failures

Utilize structured methodologies including:

• Root cause analysis and Statistical analysis
• Correlation studies
• Design-validation-test triage
• Failure replication techniques

Drive closure of critical issues and validation sign-off risks.

Quality and Release Ownership

Own validation readiness reviews and support:

• Design and Silicon bring-up reviews
• Product qualification reviews
• Production release decisions

Establish metrics for:

• Validation coverage
• Defect escape rate
• First-pass success rates
• Customer issue containment
• Time-to-production

Provide executive-level quality and readiness assessments.

Your profile

Qualifications and skills to help you succeed

• 15+ years of semiconductor experience , 8+ years in silicon or system validation and 5+ years managing engineering teams.
• Experience leading organizations of 10+ engineers preferred.
• Demonstrated ownership of multiple product releases from first silicon to production.

Technical Expertise

Strong hands-on knowledge in:

Power Electronics

• Buck converters
• Multiphase architectures
• Current balancing schemes
• Digital control loops
• Voltage positioning
• Adaptive voltage scaling
• Power modules

Power Device Technologies

• DrMOS / Power Stages
• MOSFET technologies
• Integrated power modules

Power Integrity

• Dynamic load response
• IR drop analysis
• Power distribution networks
• Decoupling strategies
• Power rail validation

Measurements

• High-bandwidth oscilloscope measurements
• Bode plot and Power loss analysis
• FRA measurements
• Efficiency and Thermal characterization
• EMI/EMC validation

Interfaces

• PMBus
• I2C
• SPI
• SVID
• AVSBus

Automation Skills

• Experience with Python , MATLAB , Data analytics platforms , Validation database systems and Automated test development

Leadership Competencies

• Proven leader of large engineering teams.
• Strong execution and operational management skills.
• Ability to influence across global organizations.
• Excellent communication with executive leadership and customers.
• Strategic mindset combined with strong technical depth.
• Track record of building and retaining high-performance engineering teams.
• Ability to balance innovation, quality, schedule, and resource constraints.

Preferred Experience

• CPU and GPU voltage regulator systems.
• High-current (>1000A) multiphase power solutions.
• Data center power infrastructure.
• Automotive-grade power IC validation.
• Functional safety validation.
• Silicon bring-up and debug leadership.

Success Metrics

Enhance best-in-class validation coverage and sign-off methodology.

• Improve automation coverage.
• Reduce validation cycle times.
• Build technical depth within the validation organization.
• Successfully release multiple power IC products meeting quality, schedule, and performance objectives.
• Develop a scalable validation infrastructure supporting future generations of controllers, power stages, POL regulators, and integrated power modules.

#WeAreIn for driving decarbonization and digitalization.

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