Position - Senior Validation Engineer
Location - Hyderabad ( Hybrid)
A Device Validation Engineer is responsible for validating hardware–software integration across devices to ensure quality, performance, reliability, and compatibility before release. The role focuses on early silicon bring‑up, OS validation, performance/power analysis, and end‑to‑end device health across EV, DV, and retail‑ready platforms.
This role acts as a bridge between silicon vendors (IHVs), OEMs, OS engineering, and automation labs, providing high‑confidence Go / No‑Go signals for device readiness.
Key Responsibilities
Device & Platform Validation
- Execute EV/DV device validation for new silicon, firmware, and hardware platforms
- Validate OS bring‑up, driver integration, and firmware interactions
- Ensure device readiness across boot, sleep/resume, power, performance, thermal, and stability
- Analyse power, performance, and resource utilization (NPU, CPU, GPU, RAM, battery)
- Identify regressions, gaps, and anomalies against baseline targets
- Perform competitive and comparative analysis across SoCs, IHVs, and platforms
- Perform deep triage and root‑cause analysis across OS, drivers, firmware, and silicon
Automation
- Leverage and extend automation pipelines for functional, performance, and concurrency testing
- Contribute to automation coverage to reduce manual validation effort
Required Skills & Qualifications
Technical Skills
- Strong understanding of computer architecture, SoCs, and device hardware
- Experience with Windows OS internals, drivers, firmware, and BIOS/UEFI
- Hands‑on experience with device validation, platform testing, or system testing
- Proficiency in debugging tools (WPA), ETL logs analysis, telemetry, and performance counters
- Knowledge of power/perf tuning, concurrency testing, and stress testing
Automation & Tools
- Experience with test automation frameworks
- Scripting skills in Python / PowerShell / C# / similar
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, dashboards, and telemetry systems
Collaboration & Communication
- Strong problem‑solving and analytical mindset
- Ability to translate complex technical findings into actionable insights
