Please give us some details about the role you want to fill and let us know why you think our client might be the perfect candidate for you.
What happens next?
Our Job Search Specialist Mark Beltran will facilitate the next steps:
Mark will let our client know that you have shown an interest in their professional skills.
You will receive a full job application from our client and might want to offer them a formal job interview if you see the right potential in this candidate.
If you decide that you would like to offer the role to our client, we will help to make the next steps as smooth as possible.
You will be supported by our Licensed Immigration Advisers, who will take care of all visa related aspects of the process of offering our client a job.
Offering a job to our client will be straight forward.
Proven track record leading cross‑functional teams, developing automated test frameworks and delivering robust solutions. Currently advancing compute‑accelerator firmware at NextSilicon; previously led Intel’s Thunderbolt Power Integrity & Power Consumption post‑silicon validation. Adept in silicon bring‑up, signal‑ and power‑integrity analysis, Python scripting and data analysis.
Silicon bring‑up & debug: participated in 10+ SoC bring-ups, bringing up PHYs (PCIe, Ethernet, D2D) and peripheral interfaces (UART, JTAG, SPI), SMPS VRM and more.
Power & signal‑integrity validation: performed power‑ and signal‑integrity measurements and system‑to‑tester correlation for mass production.
Test automation & firmware: developed Python‑based test suites, automated validation pipelines and wrote low‑level firmware for compute accelerators.
Test fixtures & robotics: designed test fixtures and robotic setups for hardware validation and factory integration.
Data analysis & statistics: applied signal processing, statistical methods and basic machine‑learning techniques for debugging and reporting.
Leadership & collaboration: led multidisciplinary teams, mentored engineers and worked closely with design, firmware and manufacturing groups.
Clear communication and collaboration; self‑management and adaptability to new technologies.
Strong problem‑solving and analytical thinking; resilience when facing complex engineering challenges.
Proficient in Prompt Engineering – customizing GPT-based outputs to support validation, software development, technical documentation, and more.
Firmware Engineer
Develop firmware and hardware interfaces for intelligent compute accelerators; automate validation pipelines and unit tests, reducing validation cycles; collaborate with hardware, operations and software
Other experiences include: Hardware Engineer, Team Lead of Thunderbolt Power Integrity & Consumption, Tech Lead of Thunderbolt Power Integrity & Consumption and Depot Level Aviation Maintenance Technician.
Master’s Degree in Financial Mathematics
Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Mathematics
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