Alif established its first European R&D site to Oulu to be a significant center of expertise and employ teams of Software and Digital IC Design experts, to complement the staff in the US and India. We are headquartered in the US, and our office in the Oulu Technology Park employs over 30 employees.

Our local team consists of very experienced experts as well as younger talents ready to take on new challenges in their careers. Our days here often consist of solving very high-level technical challenges and creating new technology, and we can offer you growth opportunities that are unique and rewarding. We have an open, supportive, and relaxed culture. We enjoy coming to the office and collaborating with one another.

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As our site is growing, we have a role for a Senior Validation Engineer to join our newly founded Silicon Validation team to help us to expand and maintain our lab and to manage the execution of silicon validation tests for all of Alif’s devices. We are building our Silicon Validation Team, and in this role, you will work closely with the director of Silicon Validation and the rest of our validation and development teams.

This position is a permanent, full-time role for a professional who is capable of independently planning, organizing, and executing their own work. This role does not require prior experience in a lead or managerial position but does require a strong sense of ownership and accountability. The individual should be able to effectively document and report on their activities, progress, and results.

If this sounds appealing, please read on

Ideally, we would like you to work on the following responsibilities:

• Build and maintain our silicon validation lab infrastructure
• Setting up, operating and integrating test equipment to silicon validation test frameworks
• Help create and maintain silicon validation test frameworks
• Help in maintaining an automated test environment
• Develop and execute scripts and applications for automated testing and system configuration to validate silicon level functionality and performance
• Assisting with root cause analysis and defect isolate of issues found
• Reporting on activities, progress, and results
• Bug reporting and verification of bug fixes

The role will be built around the experience you have, but here’s some requirements that we feel may be beneficial for you to have:

• Background or studies in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
• Experience with test equipment used in validation
• Knowledge or experience with testing frameworks, software configuration management & defect tracking tools
• Proficiency in C / C++
• Knowledge of Embedded devices is a plus
• Knowledge of silicon validation is a strong plus

It would be great to have a teammate with good communication and problem-solving skills and the desire to seek diverse challenges to help you grow

We can promise you awesome challenges and great opportunities to grow, but we will also make sure you are compensated fairly and according to our role expectations

The position is located in Oulu, Finland.