Post-Silicon Validation Engineer
- Level
- Mid
Not stated in the posting: salary, work type, visa.
Open. First seen 19 October 2026.
About the role
Voltai's standard text
About Voltai
Voltai is developing world models, and agents to learn, evaluate, plan, experiment, and interact with the physical world. We are starting out with understanding and building hardware; electronics systems and semiconductors where AI can design and create beyond human cognitive limits.
About the Team
Backed by Silicon Valley’s top investors, Stanford University, and CEOs/Presidents of Google, AMD, Broadcom, Marvell, etc. We are a team of previous Stanford professors, SAIL researchers, Olympiad medalists (IPhO, IOI, etc.), the inventors of IC3 and the Murphi verification system, CTOs of Synopsys & GlobalFoundries, Head of Sales & CRO of Cadence, former US Secretary of Defense, National Security Advisor, and Senior Foreign-Policy Advisor to four US presidents.
About this Role
You'll make sure first silicon works. You'll own bring-up and validation on real silicon programs with leading semiconductor companies while helping Voltai's AI learn from what happens after tapeout.
What You’ll Do
- Plan and execute post-silicon bring-up and validation for SoCs and IP.
- Develop validation content, test plans, and automated test infrastructure.
- Debug silicon failures across logic, timing, power, and system interactions.
- Correlate silicon results with pre-silicon simulation, emulation, and formal results.
- Work with design, DFT, and product engineering teams to drive root cause and fixes.
- Capture silicon learnings that feed back into Voltai's models and verification flows.
What We’re Looking For
- 5+ years of post-silicon validation or bring-up experience.
- Hands-on lab experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG, and debug tools.
- Strong Python and C/C++ for test automation.
- Experience with high-speed interfaces (PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, or similar).
- Systematic debug skills across hardware and software.
Bonus Points
- Experience with silicon characterization and yield.
- Background in pre-silicon verification.
- Interest in AI-assisted design tools.
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
C · Test Automation
Rare in Voltai's other 16 open postings.
Standard for embedded / hardware roles
C++ · Python
Common in embedded / hardware postings at any company.
85% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Voltai's standard text, folded away below.
Compared with Voltai's other open jobs.
The team: Chips & Silicon HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 12 open in Chips & Silicon. 10 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in November: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Python (11 of 12), C++ (3 of 12), Verilog (3 of 12), C (2 of 12), Machine Learning (2 of 12)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Design for Test (DFT) Engineer posted Oct 19
- CAD & Flow Methodology Engineer posted Oct 19
- Physical Verification & Signoff Engineer posted Oct 19
- Emulation & FPGA Prototyping Engineer posted Oct 19
- Low-Power Design Engineer posted Oct 19
- Physical Design Engineer posted Oct 19
- Synthesis & Static Timing Analysis (STA) Engineer posted Oct 19
- RTL Design Engineer posted Oct 19
- Chip Architect posted Oct 19
- Formal Verification Engineer posted Nov 12
- Design Verification Engineer posted Nov 12
From the team and dates on Voltai's own job board.
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