> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/3541158-sr-silicon-bring-up-and-integration-engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/3541158-sr-silicon-bring-up-and-integration-engineer). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr Silicon Bring-Up and Integration Engineer - **Company:** Blue Origin - **Location:** Austin, TX, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $230,398.0 - $322,557.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Data Analysis, Systems Engineering, Automation of Tests, Biometrics, C++ (Programming Language), Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Embedded Software, Emulators, Ethernet, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Design, Joint Test Action (IEEE Standards), Python (Programming Language), Linux-Powered Devices, PCI Express, Real-Time Operating Systems, Regression Testing, Signal Integrity, Software Requirements Analysis, System Programming, Systems Integration, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, Scripting, Digital Access Carrier System, Serial Peripheral Interface, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Information Technology - **Published:** October 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/18485981?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F18485981%2FSr-Silicon-Bring-Up-Integration-Engineer-California-Cupertino ## About the Role * 7+ years of experience in ASIC/SoC bring-up, post-silicon validation, embedded systems, silicon integration, or closely related fields. * Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field. * Hands-on experience with ASIC or SoC bring-up, post-silicon validation, or low-level hardware/software integration. * Strong C/C++ programming experience for low-level hardware control, embedded software, firmware, or silicon diagnostics. * Strong Python or equivalent scripting experience for test automation, instrumentation, and data analysis. * Strong understanding of SoC architecture, memory-mapped registers, interrupts, DMA, clock/reset architecture, memory systems, and hardware/software interfaces. * Experience with low-level interfaces and debug protocols such as JTAG, SPI, I2C, UART, PCIe, Ethernet, SerDes, or DDR/LPDDR. * Hands-on experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum/signal analyzers, power supplies, and other silicon bring-up and validation equipment. * Demonstrated ability to debug complex problems spanning hardware, firmware/software, and system boundaries. * Ability to read schematics, silicon specifications, register maps, timing diagrams, and hardware design documentation. * Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. Preferred Qualifications * Experience with first-silicon bring-up of complex custom ASICs or SoCs. * Experience developing post-silicon validation frameworks, diagnostics, and automated regression environments. * Experience debugging high-speed SerDes, PCIe, DDR/LPDDR, Ethernet, or custom chip-to-chip interfaces. * Experience with mixed-signal SoCs containing ADCs, DACs, PLLs, clocking, RF, or other analog/mixed-signal subsystems. * Understanding of signal integrity, power integrity, clocking, reset sequencing, and board-level effects on silicon operation. * Familiarity with Linux device drivers, embedded RTOS environments, boot flows, and low-level firmware. * Experience with silicon characterization across voltage, temperature, frequency, and process corners. * Experience supporting root-cause analysis and validating RTL, firmware, software, or silicon fixes. ## Description As a Sr Silicon Bring-Up and Integration Engineer, you will be a key hands-on member of the team responsible for bringing complex custom SoCs and ASICs from pre-silicon development through physical silicon bring-up, validation, and system integration. You will develop low-level C/C++ software, diagnostics, and Python-based test infrastructure used to configure, control, exercise, and validate custom silicon. You will work closely with ASIC design, verification, firmware, board, RF/DSP, and system engineering teams to support first-silicon bring-up, characterize device behavior, and debug complex hardware/software integration issues. This role is highly technical and hands-on and requires the ability to work across silicon hardware, low-level software, lab instrumentation, and system-level debugging. Special Mentions * Relocation provided * Travel expected up to 20% of the time * Interviews will include a technical assessment * This role is based onsite in San Diego, Kent, WA, or Austin, TX. A temporary remote work exception is approved while our San Diego and Austin sites are being developed. Responsibilities Include but Are Not Limited To * Silicon Bring-Up: Perform first-silicon power-on, initialization, configuration, functional bring-up, and debugging of custom SoCs and ASICs. * Low-Level Silicon Software: Develop C/C++ software, firmware, diagnostics, and Python-based test infrastructure used to configure, control, exercise, and validate custom silicon. * Pre-Silicon Readiness: Develop bring-up software, test sequences, register-access utilities, diagnostics, and validation capabilities prior to silicon availability using simulation, emulation, FPGA prototypes, or other available pre-silicon platforms. * HW/SW Integration: Integrate and debug low-level software and firmware with silicon hardware, including initialization sequences, clocks and resets, memory interfaces, peripherals, data paths, and high-speed interfaces. * Post-Silicon Validation: Develop and execute functional, performance, stress, and corner-condition tests to validate silicon behavior against design and system requirements. * Silicon Characterization: Support characterization across voltage, temperature, frequency, operating modes, and silicon process variation. * Complex Debug: Investigate and root-cause failures spanning silicon hardware, RTL, firmware/software, boards, clocks, power, interfaces, and system-level behavior. * Lab Automation: Develop automated test infrastructure for DUT configuration, lab instrumentation, data collection, regression testing, and analysis. * Interface Bring-Up: Bring up and debug low-speed and high-speed interfaces such as JTAG, SPI, I2C, UART, PCIe, Ethernet, SerDes, DDR/LPDDR, and custom chip-to-chip interfaces as applicable. * Bring-Up Hardware Support: Define requirements for evaluation boards, fixtures, sockets, instrumentation, and debug capabilities required for silicon bring-up and validation, and work closely with board-design teams on their implementation. * Cross-Functional Integration: Collaborate closely with ASIC architecture/design, verification, firmware/software, RF/DSP, board, system, manufacturing, and test teams to resolve silicon integration issues. * Silicon Maturation: Support issues from initial engineering samples through characterization, validation, and production readiness, including verification of hardware and software fixes across silicon revisions., Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S.as a refugee or granted asylum. Background Check * Required for all positions: Blue's Standard Background Check * Required for Certain Job Profiles: Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS) background check if at any time the role requires one to be on a military installation * Required for Certain Job Profiles: Drivers who operate Commercial Motor Vehicles with a Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) or combination of power unit and trailer that meets or exceeds 10,001 lbs. and/or transports placardable amounts of hazardous materials by ground in any vehicle on a public road while in commerce, may be subject to additional Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations including: Driver Qualification Files, Medical Certification (obtained before onboarding), Road Test, Hours of Service, Drug and Alcohol Testing, vehicle inspection requirements, CDL requirements (if applicable) and hazardous materials transportation/shipping training. * Required for certain Job Profiles: Ability to obtain and maintain Merchant Mariner Credential, which includes pre-employment and random drug testing as well as DOT physical