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# Systems and Validation Lead/Manager at Omni Design Technologies

- **Company:** Omni Design Technologies
- **Location:** Milpitas, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2025-01-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/omnidesigntech/ee8b4b81-81e4-4b1f-9541-3f3a35f25428

## Job description

Omni Design is working on exciting solutions and chips for next generation automotive and space applications and looking for talented and capable engineers.

The Systems Engineering Manager will be responsible for validation and qualification of electrical interfaces and/or performing standards-based protocol tests.

## Role and Responsibility

- Work with a team of validation and characterization engineers responsible for product qualification.
- Work across multiple functional groups to meet overall product design and quality requirements.
- Design characterization test, system-level test, and demonstration systems that include MCUs, discreet logic, FPGA, multi-gigabit, and analog circuitry, including requirements gathering, specification, schematic, layout, and mechanical
- Work with company buyers to produce designs
- Review schematics/layout of internal and customer system platforms as per product requirements.
- Engage with potential customers and partners to identify custom requirements and incorporate those requirements into the system test process.
- Create/edit test plans based on system specifications that may relate to signal integrity, RF, mechanical integrity, electrical, and requirements based on generic protocols.
- Execute and stand behind the qualification of the product, from a mass production perspective, in consumer electronic devices.
- Mentor systems and validation team members

## Qualifications and Experience

- BSEE Required, MSEE Preferred
- 8+ years of systems hardware development and debug experience, including for digital, multi-gigabit, and high frequency, low noise analog interfaces
- Deep knowledge of signal integrity and power integrity design practices
- Knowledge of at least 2 of electrical interfaces for any of the high-speed protocols: USB3+; PCIe 2/3; ThunderBolt, DisplayPort; HDMI; SATA/SAS, Ethernet, LPDDR4/5, GMSL
- Knowledge of inter-chip protocols, such as UART, I2C, I3C, SPI, I2S, PWM
- Knowledge of microcontroller and FPGA development and development environments
- Familiarity with Verilog
- Software development and debugging experience in C, C++, and Python and other scripting languages
- Ability to develop test scripts that control test equipment for determining IC device characteristics
- Familiarity with test equipment, including oscilloscope, sampling scope, BERT (including CDR), protocol analyzer, spectrum analyzer, VNA, TDR, and other basic equipment
- Understanding of mechanical and thermal concepts
- Extensive protocol testing experience with any of the above protocols including a good understanding of the required test infrastructure.
- Experience in creating and simulating models of wired links and being able to make appropriate tradeoffs.
- Team player with interest in filing up gaps in product development, as needed.

Expectations

- Develop the Validation, Characterization boards
- Set up and Manage the lab and its equipment
- Do the pre-silicon emulation on the FPGA Platform
- Do the Silicon Valtion and Characterization
- Do the ATE Vs System Correlations
- Develop automated scripts for doing bench testing of parts for early customer samples
- Work on the Data Sheets
- Develop the Evaluation platforms and support early customers
- Help debug the chip
- Be a mentor and lead a team of System engineers
- Work with Design, Verification and Test/Product engineering teams and release chips to production

## About Omni Design Technologies

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Omni Design Technologies provides high-performance, ultra-low power semiconductor IP cores and Wideband Signal Processing™ solutions for advanced SoCs in AI, 5G/6G, automotive, quantum computing, and other demanding applications.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A – $35M raised, September 2025) [omnidesigntech.com](https://www.omnidesigntech.com/resources/omni-design-technologies-secures-over-35-million-in-series-a-funding-to-advance-its-leadership-in-wideband-signal-processing-for-the-ai-data-revolution)
- **Headquarters**: Milpitas, California, United States [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/omni-design-technologies)
- **Founded**: 2015 [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/omni-design-technologies)
- **Founders**: Kush Gulati (Co-founder, President & CEO), Hae-Seung “Harry” Lee (Co-founder, Chief Technologist), Drew Peck (Co-founder, Strategic Advisor) [omnidesigntech.com](https://www.omnidesigntech.com/company/leadership-team)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Semiconductor manufacturing, analog/mixed-signal IP cores for data conversion and signal processing.
- **Target customers**: B2B; tier‑one OEMs and SoC designers in networking, wireless/5G, automotive (LiDAR, radar), satellite communications, AI/data center, industrial, scientific/medical, and quantum computing. [omnidesigntech.com](https://www.omnidesigntech.com/)
- **Mission**: “Shaping the future of semiconductor technology and accelerating AI infrastructure” [omnidesigntech.com](https://www.omnidesigntech.com/resources/omni-design-technologies-secures-over-35-million-in-series-a-funding-to-advance-its-leadership-in-wideband-signal-processing-for-the-ai-data-revolution)

## Products & Services
- **Wideband Signal Processing IP**: Patented, ultra‑low power data converter IP (ADC/DAC) ranging from 6‑bit to 14‑bit resolution, sampling rates from a few Msps to over 20 Gsps. Supports advanced FinFET nodes down to 28nm. [omnidesigntech.com](https://www.omnidesigntech.com/)
- **Chiplet & ASIC Solutions (“droplets”)**: Complete hard macro designs or chiplets for high‑performance SoCs, leveraging foundry partnerships for manufacturing. [omnidesigntech.com](https://www.omnidesigntech.com/)
- **Application Engines**: Multi‑channel analog front‑ends, DSP integration, high‑bandwidth interfaces for 5G/6G, Wi‑Fi 7, MIMO, LiDAR, radar, and quantum computing control/readout. [omnidesigntech.com](https://www.omnidesigntech.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue ~$28.5M (estimated) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/omni-design-technologies); Total funding $35M (Series A, oversubscribed) [omnidesigntech.com](https://www.omnidesigntech.com/resources/omni-design-technologies-secures-over-35-million-in-series-a-funding-to-advance-its-leadership-in-wideband-signal-processing-for-the-ai-data-revolution)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: CDIB‑TEN Capital, CDIB‑Innolux II, FM Capital, Tipping Point Ventures, Tipping Point Capital, VentureTech Alliance, Foothill Ventures, ASMedia, Monta Vista Capital. [omnidesigntech.com](https://www.omnidesigntech.com/resources/omni-design-technologies-secures-over-35-million-in-series-a-funding-to-advance-its-leadership-in-wideband-signal-processing-for-the-ai-data-revolution)
- **Growth Signals**: 75 employees (+21.2% YoY), 51 active job postings (up 920% year‑over‑year) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/omni-design-technologies). Adopted by multiple tier‑one customers in AI infrastructure, networking, wireless, satellite, and automotive. [omnidesigntech.com](https://www.omnidesigntech.com/resources/omni-design-technologies-secures-over-35-million-in-series-a-funding-to-advance-its-leadership-in-wideband-signal-processing-for-the-ai-data-revolution)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Patented Wideband Sigal Processing™**: Delivers highest performance and lowest power data conversion with built‑in intelligence, leveraging the most advanced manufacturing nodes.
- **Deep analog/mixed‑signal expertise**: Leadership team of PhDs from MIT, Stanford, and industry veterans; proven track record in building successful semiconductor companies.
- **Broad application coverage**: Serving 5G/6G, wireline/optical, LiDAR, radar, AI, image sensors, IoT, quantum computing – not limited to a single vertical.
- **Proven adoption**: Revenue‑generating relationships with tier‑one customers and reference designs in demanding, high‑volume applications.

## Strategic Focus
- Accelerate product roadmap for Wideband Signal Processing™ to capture the exploding demand from AI infrastructure, networking, and high‑speed communications.
- Scale engineering teams across global design centers (Milpitas, Fort Collins, Boston, Bangalore, plus offices in Ireland, Israel, Sweden, UK) to meet customer needs.
- Expand chiplet and ASIC offerings to provide complete SoC solutions.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Ratings**: 5.0/5.0 employer rating (2 reviews) with 5.0 for compensation, culture, and career growth, and 4.0 for work‑life balance. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/omni-design-technologies)
- **Team & Talent**: Co‑founded by an MIT PhD; CTO is a Stanford PhD; engineering team includes alumni from Apple, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, MaxLinear, and other top semiconductor firms.
- **Growth Trajectory**: Doubling headcount rapidly (+920% job posting growth YoY), strong funding, and tier‑one customer wins – clear momentum.
- **Global Presence**: Design centers in the US (CA, CO, MA) and India, with distributed teams across six countries. Likely hybrid/on‑site at offices (not explicitly stated).
- **Innovation Focus**: Work on cutting‑edge analog/mixed‑signal IP for AI, 5G, quantum computing – high technical challenge and impact.
- **Current Openings (51 roles)**: Senior Analog Design, DSP Architect, SerDes Architect, Applications Engineer, Systems Lead, and more. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/omnidesigntech)

## Sources
1. [omnidesigntech.com](https://www.omnidesigntech.com/) – Company website
2. [omnidesigntech.com](https://www.omnidesigntech.com/company/leadership-team) – Leadership team page
3. [omnidesigntech.com](https://www.omnidesigntech.com/resources/omni-design-technologies-secures-over-35-million-in-series-a-funding-to-advance-its-leadership-in-wideband-signal-processing-for-the-ai-data-revolution) – Series A press release
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/omni-design-technologies) – LinkedIn company page
5. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/omnidesigntech) – Careers page and open positions

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