Design Validation Test - Lead/Principal Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end Design Validation Test (DVT) process for complex PCBAs, subassemblies, and full systems.
• Define risk-based DVT strategies, author detailed test plans, and establish stage gates for execution quality.
• Lead board bring-up and power validation, including sequencing, regulator behavior, rail margining, and noise characterization.
• Validate high-speed I/O interfaces (e.g., PCIe, Ethernet) and low-speed management interfaces (e.g., I2C, SPI, USB).
• Drive root-cause analysis (RCA) for validation failures and partner with design teams to implement and verify corrective actions.
• Build and maintain repeatable, automation-friendly benchtop and rack-level validation setups.
• Manage system-level integration validation across electrical, mechanical, thermal, and optical domains.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with EE, ME, FW, and Manufacturing teams to influence design-for-testability.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience).
• 8–15+ years of hardware validation or DVT experience on complex board and system-level products.
• Proven track record of owning board bring-up and DVT execution from test plan creation to closure.
• Deep expertise in power delivery validation (sequencing, margining, droop, ripple, and IR drop).
• Strong background in high-speed I/O validation and troubleshooting (PCIe/Ethernet-class links).
• Proficiency with lab instrumentation including oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, and electronic loads.
• Excellent technical communication skills with the ability to drive decisions using data-driven results.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with rack-scale or liquid-cooled systems and validation in environmental chambers.
• Proficiency in Python or similar languages for test automation and data analysis.
• Experience supporting compliance, safety, or EMC efforts during DVT.
• Experience mentoring engineers or technicians in a technical leadership capacity.

About the Company

Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, utilizing a novel wafer-scale architecture that provides the compute power of dozens of GPUs on a single chip. Our technology enables industry-leading training and inference speeds, empowering the world's leading AI labs and enterprises to run large-scale machine learning applications with unprecedented efficiency.