Post-Silicon Validation Engineer, New Grad

Location: San Jose, California, United States Department: Hardware

SambaNova is a leader in next-generation AI infrastructure, delivering a full-stack inference platform for customers worldwide. At the core of SambaNova's technology is the RDU (Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit) — a chip built on a dataflow architecture rather than the traditional GPU model. Its decode performance is especially strong for agentic workloads like multi-turn agents, code generation, and long-running applications. RDUs are packaged into SambaRack, rack-scale hardware that lets customers deploy state-of-the-art models with better performance, greater energy efficiency, and faster time to value.

About the Team

The Post-Silicon Validation team brings up, debugs, and validates the high-speed IO and memory subsystems in SambaNova systems. We characterize and stress test silicon, root-cause issues across silicon, board, and software, and build our own debug tools and automation.

About the Role

As a new grad Post-Silicon Validation Engineer, you'll test new RDU silicon in the lab. You'll run characterization and stress tests on interfaces like PCIe, Ethernet, and HBM, write Python scripts to automate testing and analyze results, and help debug issues with the design, firmware, and system teams.

Responsibilities

Run functional, characterization, stress, and performance tests on high-speed IO and memory subsystems

Write scripts to automate validation, debug, and data analysis

Help debug issues across silicon, board, and software with design, firmware, and system teams

Use lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and protocol analyzers to diagnose failures

Support bring-up of new silicon and systems

Feed findings back to pre-silicon verification to improve coverage

Required Qualifications

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Coursework or project experience in digital design, computer architecture, or high-speed interfaces

Scripting experience in Python or bash

Strong analytical and data analysis skills

Preferred Qualifications

M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Familiarity with PCIe, Ethernet, HBM, CXL, or UCIe

Hands-on lab experience with oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, or BERTs

Familiarity with SerDes concepts

Ability to read and debug C/C++

Internship experience in validation, bring-up, or hardware test

Base Salary Range

Base Pay Range

$120,000—$150,000 USD

Submission Guidelines

Please note that in order to be considered an applicant for any position at SambaNova Systems, you must submit an application form for each position for which you believe you are qualified.

EEO Policy

SambaNova Systems is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard basis of age (40 and over), color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, national origin/ancestry, race, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding), sexual orientation, and any other applicable status protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Benefits Summary for US-Based, Full-Time Employment Positions SambaNova offers a competitive total rewards package, including the base salary, plus equity and benefits. We cover 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, and 77% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution. We also offer Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life, and AD&D insurance plans in addition to Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options like Health Care, Limited Purpose, and Dependent Care. Our library of well-being benefits available to you and your dependents includes a full subscription to Headspace, Gympass+ membership with access to physical gyms, One Medical membership, counseling services with an Employee Assistance Program, and much more.