Senior Silicon Validation Engineer

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.
Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

Who We Are

We take our mission of protecting the digital way of life seriously. We are relentless in protecting our customers and we believe that the unique ideas of every member of our team contributes to our collective success. Our values were crowdsourced by employees and are brought to life through each of us everyday - from disruptive innovation and collaboration, to execution. From showing up for each other with integrity to creating an environment where we all feel included.

As a member of our team, you will be shaping the future of cybersecurity. We work fast, value ongoing learning, and we respect each employee as a unique individual. Knowing we all have different needs, our development and personal wellbeing programs are designed to give you choice in how you are supported. This includes our FLEXBenefits wellbeing spending account with over 1,000 eligible items selected by employees, our mental and financial health resources, and our personalized learning opportunities - just to name a few!

At Palo Alto Networks, we believe in the power of collaboration and value in-person interactions. This is why our employees generally work full time from our office with flexibility offered where needed. This setup fosters casual conversations, problem-solving, and trusted relationships. Our goal is to create an environment where we all win with precision.

Job Description

Your Career

As a Silicon Validation Engineer on the ASIC team, you will ensure that the ASICs in our groundbreaking next-generation firewall products meet or exceed industry-leading requirements for features, performance, and reliability.  You will define silicon validation methodologies, develop infrastructure, write test plans, execute tests, and debug.  You will validate networking ASIC functionality for packet processing, switching, routing, cryptography, and high-speed interfaces.

Your Impact

• Create comprehensive silicon validation plans in collaboration with ASIC, system hardware, and software engineers
• Develop silicon validation methodologies and infrastructure using lab equipment, third-party applications, and proprietary software-driven platforms
• Execute every aspect of silicon validation test plans
• Debug cross-functional issues with ASIC, system hardware, and software engineers to validate the correctness of the ASICs
• Build powerful programs in Python and C to automate testing, regression, and debugging

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• BS or MS in EE, CE, or CS or equivalent experience or equivalent military experience 
• 5+ years of relevant silicon validation experience
• Proven success in taking ASICs to mass production
• Proficiency with lab equipment, logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes
• Background in validating one or more of the following high-speed interfaces - Ethernet, PCIE, DDR, HBM
• Expertise in Python and C
• Familiarity with SystemVerilog and ASIC verification tools (e.g. VCS, Verdi)
• Experience with networking and cybersecurity is preferred
• Demonstrated ownership and independence in planning, analyzing, debugging, driving vendors, and reporting status
• Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication skills

Additional Information

The Team

We are the global cybersecurity leader, known for always challenging the security status quo. Our mission is to protect our way of life in the digital age by preventing successful cyberattacks. This has given us the privilege of safely enabling tens of thousands of organizations and their customers. Our pioneering Security Operating Platform emboldens their digital transformation with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in security, automation, and analytics. By delivering a true platform and empowering a growing ecosystem of change-makers like us, we provide highly effective and innovative cybersecurity across clouds, networks, and mobile devices.

Our Security Operating Platform is built for automation. It is easy to operate, with capabilities that work together, so customers can prevent successful cyberattacks. They can use analytics to automate routine tasks, so they can focus on what matters. We are known for continuously delivering innovations; and with Applicatio