Validation Engineer

📢 WE’RE HIRING - Validation Engineer (Mandarin Speaker Advantage)

Office Location: Bayan Lepas, Penang

Working Hours: 5 Days Per Week, 9am - 6pm (Monday - Friday)

Basis Salary: RM10,000 ~ RM12,000 (based on experiences)

About the role
We are seeking a highly motivated DV Engineer to drive the next generation of AI-assisted silicon development. This role combines traditional RTL design and verification expertise with AI/ML technologies to improve engineering productivity, quality, and development efficiency across the silicon lifecycle. The ideal candidate has a solid foundation in ASIC/SoC design and verification, along with hands-on experience developing or applying AI solutions for engineering workflows.

Key responsibilities

1. Responsible for Memory (DDR4/DDR5) validation and testing, with a focus on SSD products as well.
2. Set up and maintain test platforms, including server/PC hardware installation, BIOS configuration, OS deployment, and test environment maintenance.
3. Execute functional, performance, compatibility, stability, and stress testing according to test plans.
4. Troubleshoot and analyze issues found during testing, collect logs, and work with R&D teams on issue reproduction and root cause analysis.
5. Develop and maintain test cases, test reports, and technical documentation.
6. Work closely with hardware, firmware, and software teams to drive issue resolution and improve product quality.
7. Develop or maintain automated test scripts to improve testing efficiency.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• BS or above degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer

Science, or related field

• Major in Micro-Electronics, Computer Science, or a related discipline

What we're looking for

1. Bachelor's degree or above in Electronics, Computer Engineering, Automation, or a related field.
2. 3 - 5 years of testing/validation experience in Memory, SSD, Server, PC, or related platforms.
3. Hands-on experience with server/PC platform setup, including hardware assembly, BIOS configuration, and Windows/Linux installation.
4. Good understanding of DDR4/DDR5 Memory or SSD products and validation methodologies.
5. Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
6. Basic Linux knowledge and familiarity with commonly used testing tools.
7. Experience with Python, Shell, or other scripting languages is a plus.
8. Knowledge of storage interfaces such as PCIe, NVMe, and SATA is a plus.
9. Good written and verbal English & Mandarin(not mandatory) communication skills, with strong teamwork and collaboration abilities.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Strong cross organizational communication skills

• Highly collaborative

• Ability to work well as a multi-site team

• Ability to multitask

• Problem solving and analytical ability

• Experience in NoC, PCIe, High-Speed Interface IP development

• Experience with synthesis, static timing analysis, and physical design (PD) flows

• Experience building AI tools for RTL generation, verification automation, debug

acceleration, or coverage closure

• Understanding of ML fundamentals, fine-tuning, embeddings, and vector databases

• Experience working in a challenging engineering environment