Electrical Validation Engineer - Automotive Systems (f/m/d)

at  Intel

JOB DESCRIPTION

Intel is in the midst of an exciting transformation, with a vision to create and extend computing technology to connect and enrich the lives of every person on Earth. So join the Intel Automotive team and help us create the next generation of technologies that will shape the future of the automotive industry for decades to come.
Come join a dynamic and ever challenging team focused on the development and delivery of automotive hardware products, reference platforms and end-to-end solutions for the next generation automotive software defined vehicle platforms. In this position, you will be part of the hardware development team at Intel Automotive in Karlsruhe, specifically validating our products and analyzing their behavior and performance.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Electrical Engineering degree or equivalent with 3+ years of experience in bring up and validation of automotive or embedded HW products
• Experience in HW electrical validation (EV) of HW products and customer designs (automotive compute modules, system function blocks in customer designs)
• Pre-compliance measurements of high-speed interface parameters on USB, S-ATA, PCIe, SDIO, (LP/G)DDRx etc. interfaces
• Environmental (e.g. thermal) validation and ESD and EMC pre-compliance/compliance testing
• Experienced in high speed hardware design and layout methodologies
• Good knowledge and skills in embedded systems and automotive interfaces like: USB, PCIe, S-ATA, I2C, I2S, UART, SPI, SDIO, CAN, Ethernet, HDMI, DP, MIPI, LVDS
• Experienced in usage of latest measurement equipment (DSO, VNA, SA).
• Proficient in scripting languages (e.g. Python, Bash)
• Confident to work under different OS environments (Linux, Windows) as user and developer
• Interest in high-end products and systems for automotive and transportation applications.
• Ability to work well in a cross-site cross-team environment and partners.
• Ability to work independently and successfully under tight project deadlines even in front of customers and suppliers.
• Good communication skills are required, both written and verbal in English, preferably in German as well
• Must have excellent ability to document and clearly present technical data using MS Office etc.
• Must have very good knowledge of ECAD tools (Mentor, Cadence, PSpice etc.)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Work experience in modeling, simulating and analyzing signal integrity issues of high speed interfaces
• Automotive system knowledge with a good understanding of OEM, TIER1 and end-user requirements is advantageous
• Familiarity with developing under Yocto environment
• Experience in Functional Safety and Security design
• Soldering skills with fine pitch components are desirable

• Analyze internal and external customer returns with an emphasis on improving yields and driving test escape closure
• Perform debugging to identify root causes and resolve all functional and triage failures for electrical issues
• Develop and document electrical validation requirements and tests for verification of Si designs
• Create, define and develop electrical validation environment and test suites.
• Use and apply emulation and platform level tools and techniques to ensure performance to spec
• Responsible for the development of methodologies, execution of validation plans, and debug of failures.
• Setup automated test environments for executing stability and regression testing
• Investigate and resolve complex issues with hardware/BIOS/Firmware implementations and recommend solutions
• Prepare validation specifications, evaluate IPs, and generate test reports