Senior Validation Engineer
NXP Semiconductors
Senior Validation Engineer at NXP Semiconductors is a full time role based in Hyderabad, India. It was published on 15 May 2026 and was open at last check.
| Role | Senior Validation Engineer |
|---|---|
| Company | NXP Semiconductors |
| Location | Hyderabad, India |
| Employment type | Full Time |
| Published | 15 May 2026 |
| Status | Open at last check |
Job Summary
We are looking for a Validation Engineer to validate and qualify AI software, firmware, hardware, and system-level features for edge AI accelerator platforms. The role involves designing validation strategies, developing automation frameworks, executing functional and performance testing, and ensuring high-quality releases across embedded and AI workloads.
The ideal candidate should have strong experience in Linux systems, automation, AI/ML validation, CI/CD workflows, and debugging complex hardware-software interactions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and execute validation plans for AI accelerator platforms, embedded systems, and SDK releases.
- Validate AI/ML workloads including LLMs, VLMs, vision, audio, and NLP models across different hardware targets.
- Develop and maintain automation frameworks using Python, Bash, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Perform functional, regression, stress, performance, and scalability testing.
- Validate PCIe, USB, networking, memory, storage, and system-level interfaces.
- Debug issues across firmware, kernel drivers, runtime, and application layers.
- Work closely with software, compiler, runtime, hardware, and DevOps teams for issue triaging and release qualification.
- Build automated validation pipelines for nightly, release, and PR-based testing.
- Analyze logs, crashes, performance bottlenecks, and system stability issues.
- Create detailed validation reports, dashboards, and quality metrics.
- Support customer-specific validation and benchmarking activities.
- Manage and maintain lab infrastructure, devices, and automated execution environments.
- Validate deployments across x86, ARM, Linux, containerized, and cloud-based environments.
- Ensure release readiness through comprehensive test coverage and execution.
Required Skills
Technical Skills
- Strong experience in: Python scripting and automation
- Linux systems and shell scripting
- CI/CD tools such as Jenkins/GitHub Actions
- Docker and containerized environments
- Git version control
- Embedded Linux systems
- Debugging and log analysis
Validation Expertise
- Experience with: Functional and regression testing
- System validation
- AI/ML model validation
- Performance benchmarking
- Stress and reliability testing
- Automation framework development
Preferred Areas
- AI accelerator or semiconductor validation
- Edge AI platforms
- LLM/VLM validation
- OpenCV, TensorFlow, PyTorch, ONNX
- PCIe, USB, networking, and kernel driver validation
- Docker, Git
- Hardware-software integration testing
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in: Computer Science
- Electronics & Communication
- Electrical Engineering
- Embedded Systems
- Related field
- 5+ years of experience in validation, QA automation, embedded systems, or AI platform testing.
Good to Have
- Experience in semiconductor or AI hardware companies.
- Exposure to performance profiling and benchmarking tools.
- Experience with distributed systems and large-scale automation.
- Knowledge of compiler/runtime validation.
- Familiarity with model deployment pipelines and inference frameworks.
Soft Skills
- Strong debugging and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and collaboration
- Ability to work in fast-paced product environments
- Ownership mindset and problem-solving attitude
- Ability to coordinate across multiple engineering teams
Example Tools & Technologies
- Python, Bash, C/C++
- Jenkins, Docker, Git
- Linux, Ubuntu, Embedded Linux
- PyTorch, TensorFlow
- Redis
- Jira, Confluence
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