Silicon Validation & Characterization Engineer

Hybrid work model

$100 000 - $135 000 base salary (Dependent on experience) + Pension + Health Insurance

5V Tech are partnering with a fast-growing, well funded AI semiconductor stealth-mode startup, building next-generation analog AI chip architectures for ultra low power edge inference. Their technology is already shipping to lead customers and scaling toward volume production, and they're now looking for a Silicon Validation & Characterization Engineer to join their silicon team as they bring new devices from tape-out into full characterization.

This is a hands-on, lab-based role at the heart of their silicon program, working directly with chip designers to prove out functionality and performance on real hardware.

What you'll be working on

- Bringing up new silicon in a lab workplace
- Validating chip functionality and mixed-signal behaviour
- Running detailed transistor-level characterization
- Measuring power, performance and latency across devices




- Debugging silicon issues and root-causing anomalies
- Building and improving validation infrastructure and test setups
- Running characterization experiments to support yield and design feedback

Requirements

- Experience with ASIC or post-silicon validation
- Strong background in mixed-signal and analog electronics
- Solid understanding of semiconductor device behaviour
- Hands-on lab skills with oscilloscopes , logic analysers , power analysers and signal generators
- Python and/or MATLAB for test automation and validation scripting
- Exposure to silicon bring-up, characterization or yield/debug work

Backgrounds we'd love to see

- AI accelerator or semiconductor startups
- Mixed-signal chip companies
- Experience from firms like Analog Devices, Texas Instruments, Synopsys, Cadence, Intel, AMD or NVIDIA

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📌 Validation Engineer (Ottawa)
🏢 5V Tech
📍 Ottawa