Hardware Validation Engineer

Job Summary

Meta is seeking a Hardware Validation Engineer to support customer validation boards through pre- and post-silicon bring-up and validation. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with hardware board bring-up, power validation, and low-speed interface testing.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform pre- and post-silicon validation of customer hardware validation boards.
• Conduct hardware board bring-up at the silicon level.
• Perform power validation at both board and silicon levels.
• Test and validate voltage regulator circuits.
• Validate low-speed interfaces including:
  • I2C
  • SPI
  • UART
• Perform hardware debugging and troubleshoot board-level issues.
• Support PDVT and EDVT activities.
• Analyze validation results and identify hardware-related issues.
• Collaborate with cross-functional hardware, silicon, and engineering teams.
• Support quality customer deliverables and validation milestones.
• Provide technical guidance and help lead validation activities when required.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5–15 years of hardware validation experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with hardware board bring-up and debugging.
• 5–10 years of experience working with hardware board bring-up, pre-silicon validation, PDVT, and EDVT.
• Strong experience with power validation at board and silicon level.
• Experience testing low-speed interfaces such as I2C, SPI, and UART.
• Strong understanding of hardware validation and silicon bring-up processes.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to lead or coordinate validation activities and deliver quality customer deliverables.

Core Competencies

Preferred Skills

• Basic knowledge of Python automation.
• Experience with automated hardware validation frameworks.
• Experience working with complex silicon/hardware platforms.
• Experience collaborating with hardware, firmware, and silicon engineering teams.