Silicon Design Engineer Power Management & Boot Flow

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Power Management and Boot Flow Lead
Roles & Responsibilities :
Define and develop the Power Management aspects of Post Silicon X86 Flow in terms of Reset and Clock Flows, Boot Flows and Strong Debuggability skills for Embedded BU as a center of excellence.
Ensure robust planning at the pre-silicon stage, working with DV or Emulation teams and support the Leads and engineers in framing the relevant specification and test cases
Closely work with the Architects and execute the Boot Flow enablement and validation with rigour and timeliness and execute glitch-free First Day Success on Silicon Bring-Up
Bigger picture planning for roadmaps and process improvements
Create a cohesive culture of openness, diversity, technical growth for the team members
Act with great resolve during testing times of critical issues, milestones, customer escalations and BU related internal changes
Exhibit strong leadership qualities to take the team forward towards growth and achieving the mission of the company
Exhibit great technical depth in the post silicon enablement and validation to take the right technical decisions for the team
Individual requirements:
Solid Experience and Knowledge in the HW and FW aspects of of x86 IPs like Cores, UnCores, Memory, Resets and Clock Flows pertaining to different types of Power States.
12 Plus years of Exp
Strong working experience in Power Management Flows in X86 architecture
Adept in calling out risks while anticipating issues and coming up with appropriate mitigation plans
Great uplevelling skills to senior management
Experienced in working with the Enablement Manager and Leads, Program Managers, Product Managers, BIOS/FW Managers and other cross functional stakeholders and create a robust alignment setup while running execution.
Preferred experience working with cross-functional teams like DV/Silicon Designers/Pre-silicon/Platform/BIOS/FW/ SW.
Hands-on high speed and board measurement techniques in using high end equipment like Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Debugger tools, Raspberry PI, Network analyzers, etc.
Preferred experience with scripting using TCL, Python
Excellent communication, collaboration, articulation, upleveling to senior management and team playing skills.
Key responsibilities:
Ensuring a seamless and successful Silicon Bring-Up with well preparedness for all corner conditions of Boot Flow and Power Management Flows.
Synergize with the Pre-silicon and DV teams and other stakeholders for proper interception of milestones and risk callouts.
Actively participate in discussions with cross-functional teams in defining and refining test plans and guiding the team for the right path.
Be on top of all issues pertinent to Debug & Triage of any functional issues specific across the entire validation cycle
Drive meetings for issue closures and actively track schedules and milestone quality metrics
Ensure the Best-in-class Documentation and collateral delivery from the team.
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