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Sr. Post-Silicon Systems Software Validation Engineer

Amazon· Annapurna Labs (AWS) / Silicon Validation
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Cupertino, CA, Austin, TX$193.3k - $261.5kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior validation engineer role focused on validating next-generation ML accelerators across the complete hardware/software stack, from RTL to production systems in AWS data centers, within Annapurna Labs’ Machine Learning Acceleration team.

Responsibilities

  • Developing comprehensive validation strategies and leading new methodologies to improve validation coverage and time to root cause
  • Role models detailed test plans covering functional, performance, power, and stress testing from silicon bring-up to product release
  • Mentors and provides direction to junior validation engineers
  • Executes complex test plans from RTL simulation and emulation environments through physical silicon validation
  • Hands-on silicon bring-up and lab debugging using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers
  • Validating ML accelerator performance, accuracy, and reliability using real-world neural network workloads
  • Building test infrastructure, CI/CD, and automated regression frameworks to enable efficient validation at scale
  • Collaborating with architecture, design, firmware, and software teams to triage failures and drive root cause analysis to closure
  • Reviewing test results, identifying patterns, and providing feedback to improve design quality and validation coverage
  • Delivering new tests to production systems in AWS data centers and manufacturing to improve fleet health

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience
  • Bachelor's degree or above in computer science, computer engineering, or related field, or Bachelor's degree
  • 5+ years of non-internship system test development, code reviews, source control management, build processes, automated deployments, and operations experience
  • Experience with Linux environments and Git
  • Experience with server hardware and debug tools

Skills

Required:ProgrammingComputer architecture and validation methodologiesCloud infrastructure & CI/CDValidation lifecycle
Nice to have:Firmware testing/development

Benefits

  • health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D) and optional Supplemental life plans
  • EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
  • 401(k) matching
  • paid time off
  • parenteral leave
  • sign-on payments and RSUs
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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