Senior Validation Engineer
5 days ago
Farnborough
Our Sat Connect IC business unit, a division of our Satellite Systems business is a leading provider of ASICs, software, multi-beam electronically steered antennas, and complete systems for communication satellites, as well as ground and airborne terminals. Responsibilities The Senior Validation Engineer will have the following responsibilities: • Validation of Chipsets verifying functional and performance metrics, • Validation of high speed analog IPs, • Development and ownership of chip and system test plan with collaboration of development and test teams, • Development of test automation in Python for the chip and system test plans, • Investigation of root cause of test case failures and providing corrective action in conjunction with the development teams, • Execution, development and planning of Chip & System tests and Contribute to the evolution of product quality for ESMA silicon products, • Support Test Management tools and continuous integration methodologies, • Data analysis and post processing of data collected Requirements • Batchelor/Master Degree in Electronic/Computer Science Engineering, • Experience of testing Telecommunication or Satellite Systems., • Experience of Chip and system testing, especially with Analog, RF and high speed communication blocks, • Knowledge in time domain high speed links (SERDES) and associated equipment (BERT, DCA), • Proven experience in program language in an automation test environment (C/C++/Python etc.), • Very good debugging skills. Ability to investigate and root cause the issues observed, • Experience in planning, estimating and development of system tests, • Defect Tracking and Knowledge Management software (Atlassian JIRA and Confluence preferred), • Knowledge of testing Methodologies, • Knowledge of operation of RF test equipment such as Spectrum Analysers, VNAs/PNA’s, Sig. Gens, power meters , high speed sampling scopes, etc., • Excellent Interpersonal skills, • Knowledge on RF fundamentals and communications theory, • Independent, self-motivated, team player and multitasking capabilities, • Ability to work in a fast-paced and changing environment