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Job Description:
Microchip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of microcontrollers, analog, FPGA, connectivity and power management semiconductors. Its easy-to-use development tools and comprehensive product portfolio enable customers to create optimal designs which reduce risk while lowering total system cost and time to market. The company’s solutions serve more than 120,000 customers across the industrial, automotive, consumer, aerospace and defense, communications and computing markets.
An opening exists in the functional validation group for a senior engineer with an interest in PCI Express (PCIe), Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) and debug of complex ASICs. This group is a cross functional team of talented engineers tasked with silicon and product validation of Microchip’s NVMe Flash controller and PCIe switch products.
The team is responsible for validation, ensuring functional specification compliance, system interoperability under a wide range of operating environments (i.e., both hardware platforms and operating systems), measuring/analyzing performance, and system level debug of post silicon issues. The team also creates the hardware (boards, FPGAs) and software validation infrastructure (Scripting, embedded C) necessary to perform these tasks. Team members work with architects/designers and influence the architecture, features, and performance of future products.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, develop, code, and execute silicon and system validation plans
• System level debug of silicon hardware and software issues
• Development of RTL for CPLD and FPGAs
• Design of High Speed board designs
• Build and support validation infrastructure through the development of embedded software, device drivers, and test tools
• Mentor and present technical information to junior engineers

Requirements/Qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor or Master degree in CS, CE, EE
• Experience, 5+ years for senior engineer; however, other levels s will be considered for other potential candidates
• Scripting
• Proficient in C and/or embedded C programming
• Excellent knowledge of digital systems and computer architecture
• Ability to develop functional validation plans and develop software necessary to execute these plans
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred:

• Knowledge of PCI/PCI Express system architecture
• Familiarity with storage interfaces (e.g., NVMe)
• Experience developing device drivers for Windows or Linux
• Experience in use of lab equipment (e.g., protocol analyzers)
• Hardware experience in high speed digital design

Travel Time:
0% - 25%
Pay Range:
We offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading IESPP program with a 6-month look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:
Benefits of working at Microchip

The annual base salary range for this position is $86,000 - $186,000.*

• Range is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.

To all recruitment agencies: Microchip Technology Inc. does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our recruiting team or other Microchip employees. Microchip is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes

• Plan, develop, code, and execute silicon and system validation plans
• System level debug of silicon hardware and software issues
• Development of RTL for CPLD and FPGAs
• Design of High Speed board designs
• Build and support validation infrastructure through the development of embedded software, device drivers, and test tools
• Mentor and present technical information to junior engineer