# Silicon Validation Engineer at MatX

- Company: MatX
- What the company does: We make the best chips physically possible for the large model needs of frontier labs.
- Company website: https://matx.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Mountain View (HQ) or Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $160K to $275K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-28
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/matx/6a550e45-e9fd-410a-bcf6-3bfc41d5790a
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/matx-silicon-validation-engineer/

## About the role

Own silicon bring-up and validation from first power-on through feature validation and production readiness. Develop and execute validation plans for chip-level and SiP-level functionality, performance, reliability, and system behavior.

## What they're looking for

- Strong hands-on experience in silicon validation, post-silicon bring-up, hardware emulation, Top-level DV, or a related field
- Experience validating complex SoCs, accelerators, or highly integrated silicon products
- Strong understanding of digital hardware, SoC architecture, and hardware-firmware interaction
- Proven ability to debug complex cross-functional failures and drive them to root cause
- Experience working with real silicon and lab platforms
- Familiarity with firmware, embedded software, drivers, and low-level hardware access

Tags: Hardware