Senior Staff Post-Silicon Engineer

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Job Description:

Role Overview and Impact

Join Intel as a Senior Staff Post-Silicon Engineer and become instrumental in validating our industry-leading SerDes technologies. In this critical role, you'll ensure our mixed signal designs meet the highest standards for reliability, functionality, and performance. Your technical expertise will directly influence product quality and strengthen Intel's competitive edge in the semiconductor market. Working alongside diverse engineering teams, you'll tackle sophisticated validation challenges, drive technological innovation, and shape the development of next-generation hardware platforms. This position offers an exceptional opportunity to create meaningful impact within Intel's dynamic engineering organization while contributing to the future of technology.

Core Responsibilities

Validation Strategy & Execution: Design, develop, and implement comprehensive functional validation plans for industry leading SerDes IP

Methodology Development: Create and enhance validation frameworks while partnering with cross-functional teams on design optimization, troubleshooting, and failure resolution

Technical Problem Solving: Conduct thorough root cause analysis and systematic debugging of mixed signal design failures and functional issues

Infrastructure Management: Build and maintain post-silicon validation workflows and status reports

Documentation & Reporting: Generate detailed validation reports documenting testing activities, outcomes, and improvement recommendations

Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner with architecture, design, verification, board, platform, and manufacturing teams to optimize debugging processes and validation methodologies for mixed signal interfaces

Core Competencies

Exceptional analytical and problem-solving capabilities for complex technical challenges

Outstanding collaboration and communication skills for effective cross-functional teamwork

Passion for innovation combined with unwavering commitment to quality excellence

Qualifications:

SPECIAL NOTE - Intel is in the process of securing office space in the greater metropolitan area of Toronto, Ontario. This office will serve as your assigned work location in the future. Once the site is operational, your position will follow Intel’s hybrid work model, which currently requires on-site presence at least four days per week. Until the office is ready, you will be classified as a remote employee and will be working virtually from the greater metropolitan area of Toronto, Ontario.

The Minimum qualifications are required to be initially considered for this position. Minimum qualifications listed below would be obtained through a combination of industry relevant job experience, internship experience and / or schoolwork/classes/research. The preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline and 7+ years of relevant experience

2+ years experience in SerDes post-silicon validation and debug processes

Experience in I/O principles and mixed signal testing approaches

Experience in test planning, validation strategy formulation, and post-silicon validation workflows

Preferred Qualifications

Post Graduate Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline

Experience with electrical validation and debugging of 224G+ SerDes IP

Experience developing validation infrastructure and specialized testing tools

Programming experience with Python, C, C++

Join Our Team

Become part of a team where your expertise drives technological breakthroughs and creates lasting industry impact. Apply today to contribute to Intel's tradition of engineering excellence and innovation leadership.

Job Type: Experienced Hire

Shift: Shift 1 (Canada)

Primary Location: Virtual Canada

Additional Locations:

Business group: The Central Engineering Group (CEG) is Intel's data-driven organization that builds scalable engineering solutions across three pillars: Product Enablement (IP, tools, and methodologies), Custom ASIC (leveraging existing IP for custom silicon), and Foundry Enablement (supporting top customers and validating technologies). The team focuses on customer-driven, end-to-end solutions with short development cycles to deliver measurable business impact across Intel's product and foundry businesses.

Posting Statement:

Position of Trust N/A

Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in Canada CAD 182,580.00-257,760.00 Salary range dependent on a number of factors including location and experience.

Work Model for this Role This role is available as a fully home-based and generally would require you to attend Intel sites only occasionally based on business need. However, you must live and work from the country specified in the job posting, in which Intel has a legal presence. Due to legal regulations, remote work from any other country is unfortunately not permitted. Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change. Canada Accommodation:

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