Validation Engineer DE

Challenges are our drive, innovation our calling. We at Kandou are a team of passionate accomplished professionals making a mark in the semiconductor industry. We're an innovative leader in high-speed and energy efficient chip-chip link solutions critical to the evolution of the electronics industry, continuously developing to meet the demands of not just the customers of today, but of tomorrow too. If you love to be part of a high-tech scale-up and are motivated by pushing your limits and challenging the status quo, we have an opportunity for you.

 

We are actively seeking a resourceful Validation Engineer for our office in Dortmund (Germany)

 

Experience

  • Proven experience with lab and debug equipment used for the measurement of high-speed signals
  • Experience working with SerDes, USB3, USB4, PCIe or another relevant high-speed communications bus/protocol would be highly advantageous
  • Experience in system level validation of high-speed integrated circuits
  • Experience in debugging PCBs and ICs
  • Experience interfacing with large OEMs preferred
  • At least 5 years of relevant work experience
  • Perform protocol validation of Kandou products using compliance tools as such as data exerciser, analyzer and compliance test suite
  • Familiar to work with standards, test specifications and equipment vendors
  • Experience with Interoperability testing
  • Experience with embedded software would be a plus

 

Skills

  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of ownership and responsibility
  • Good communicator and team player, with experience working in cross-functional teams
  • Strong interest in test of high-speed digital and analog circuits
  • Experience with Python or other object-oriented languages preferred
  • Experience using high-speed oscilloscopes, protocol/logic analyzers and other lab equipment
  • Ability to multitask in a high energy environment
  • Proven track record in protocol validation
  • Nice to have: Knowledge of semiconductor test flow

 

Responsibility

  • Protocol validation of high-speed devices
  • Support customers and the field team during product design and/or product certification with requirements, design specifications and system debugging.
  • Write test scripts or other code to support validation activities
  • Build and support product demos for customers and tradeshows
  • Collaborate with IP architects, digital and analog design teams
  • Documentation of test results and procedures

 

Education

  • Bachelor´s or Master´s degree in EE, CE or equivalent work experience

 

If this is the role you have been looking for and you want to be part of a growing Company, with an exciting future then we would really love to hear from you. Together We Kandou It!