GPU Validation Engineer
Intel · Posted Nov 3
Semiconductor manufacturing, microprocessors, data center solutions, and artificial intelligence infrastructure
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About the role
Intel's Data Center Group (DCG) develops technologies for data-centric infrastructure, cloud computing, AI, and high-performance computing. This role defines and executes functional validation for GPU hardware and software interactions, including silicon debug and post-silicon validation infrastructure. The engineer collaborates with architecture, design, verification, and manufacturing teams to ensure GPU quality and performance.
What you will do
- Develop and execute functional validation plans for GPUs, ensuring comprehensive test coverage across hardware and software components.
- Analyze and debug silicon issues to identify root causes, resolve failures, and optimize GPU designs.
- Test and validate system-level interactions between GPU features using advanced validation infrastructure.
- Collaborate with architecture, design, verification, and manufacturing teams to refine validation methodologies and processes.
- Review proposed design changes to assess their impact on validation timelines, tasks, and performance goals.
- Design and implement post-silicon validation infrastructure, including behavioral checkers, performance monitors, and coverage tools.
- Publish detailed validation reports summarizing key findings, results, and recommendations.
- Maintain and improve validation strategies to support product specifications and enhance overall GPU functionality.
- Defines, develops, and performs functional validation for GPUs, focusing on validation of interaction of GPUs, media, display and system level features. Applies various hardware and software level tools and techniques to ensure validation coverage and that performance, power, and area goals are met.
- Reviews proposed design changes to assess impact on validation plans, tasks, and timelines.
- Develops GPU validation methodologies, executes validation plans, and collaborates with other engineers for design optimization, troubleshooting, and failure analysis.
- Performs silicon debug to identify root causes and resolves all functional and triage failures for GPU issues. Tests interactions between various GPU features using validation infrastructure.
- Develops post silicon validation infrastructure (e.g., performance monitors, behavioral checkers, state space coverage) and test environment used in validation testing.
- Publishes GPU validation reports summarizing all validation activities performed, reviews results, and communicates to relevant teams.
- Works with architecture, design, verification, board, platform, and manufacturing teams to maintain and improve debug, validation test strategy, methodologies, and processes for graphics interfaces and to meet desired product specifications.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 9+ years of experience, or a Master's degree with 6+ years, or a Ph.D. with 4+ years working in GPU validation, silicon debugging, or related domains.
- Proficiency in validation tools and techniques, including hardware validation infrastructure and software-based testing methodologies.
- Experience with silicon debug processes, triage failure analysis, and system-level validation.
- Strong technical expertise in GPU architecture, media, and display technologies.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and execute validation plans aligned with design and performance goals.
Preferred qualifications
- Proven experience collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to drive design optimizations and resolve technical challenges.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on continuous improvement in validation processes.
- Effective communication skills to present findings and recommendations through clear and concise reports.
- Passion for innovation and a proactive mindset to contribute to advancements in GPU technologies.
- Proven experience in platform validation, low power flow management, memory expertise and ( GDDR/LPDDR ) debugging, and test content development, with a focus on reset/boot/low power functionalities.
- Strong understanding of server architectures, hardware components, and operating systems.
- Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python) for test automation, debugging, and test content development.
- Experience with validation, debugging, and test content development tools and frameworks (e.g., Jenkins, GDB, WinDbg).
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git) and issue tracking tools (e.g., JIRA).
- Knowledge of industry standards and best practices related to server reset, platform validation, debugging, and test content development.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Intel
Intel Corporation is a global technology leader focused on the design and manufacturing of microprocessors, integrated circuits, and advanced data center infrastructure. The company drives innovation across personal computing, artificial intelligence, and cloud ecosystems while operating a major semiconductor foundry business. Intel delivers foundational silicon and packaging solutions that power modern digital infrastructure worldwide.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 10001+ employees
- Founded
- 1968
- Location
- Santa Clara, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Lip-Bu Tan
Chief Executive Officer
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Pushkar Ranade
Chief Technology Officer and Chief of Staff to the CEO
Executive Vice President – Chief Technology and Operations Officer, General Manager Intel Foundry
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