Val Competency Lead

Role overview

Val Competency Lead at Quest Global

Lead the pre-silicon validation competency for ASIC development programs.

This role blends deep hands-on pre-silicon validation expertise with people leadership and project ownership.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive validation strategy, methodologies, best practices, and quality standards.
• Own and execute turnkey projects from planning through validation closure.
• Develop validation plans, test architectures, coverage goals, and signoff criteria.
• Work closely with design, verification, architecture, firmware, and program management teams.
• Review requirements, architecture, microarchitecture, and validation readiness from a pre-silicon perspective.
• Drive testbench strategy, validation planning, stimulus definition, and bug closure.
• Identify validation gaps, risks, and coverage deficiencies early in the development cycle.
• Support simulation, emulation, FPGA prototyping, and other pre-silicon validation environments as needed.
• Mentor engineers and establish repeatable processes to improve validation quality and efficiency.
• Lead technical debug, root-cause analysis, and issue escalation across functional teams.
• Present progress, risks, and technical recommendations to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• We are known for our extraordinary people who make the impossible possible every day.
• Questians are driven by hunger, humility, and aspiration.
• We believe that our company culture is the key to our ability to make a true difference in every industry we reach.
• Our teams regularly invest time and dedicated effort into internal culture work, ensuring that all voices are heard.
• We wholeheartedly believe in the diversity of thought that comes with fostering a culture rooted in respect, where everyone belongs, is valued, and feels inspired to share their ideas.
• We know embracing our unique differences makes us better, and that solving the worlds hardest engineering problems requires diverse ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds.
• We shine the brightest when we tap into the many dimensions that thrive across over 21,000 difference-makers in our workplace.
• Work Experience .
• Strong hands-on experience in pre-silicon validation, verification, or system-level validation.
• Proven ability to lead validation competency and deliver turnkey projects end-to-end.
• Deep understanding of ASIC development flow, including requirements, architecture, RTL, verification, and signoff.
• Experience with simulation, emulation, FPGA-based validation, and debug methodologies.
• Strong technical leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively in fast-paced, cross-functional semiconductor environments.

Preferred qualifications and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field; Master’s preferred. 18+ years of experience in ASIC, semiconductor, pre-silicon validation, or related technical leadership roles.
• Experience with complex SoCs or ASICs in areas such as networking, compute, storage, automotive, or AI/ML.
• Familiarity with scripting, automation, and validation infrastructure.
• Experience building validation frameworks, methodologies, or competency centers.
• Prior leadership of engineers in a highly technical, hands-on environment.

Employment details

• Location: Bengaluru [Karnataka] [India]

About the employer

• At Quest Global, it’s not just what we do but how and why we do it that makes us different.

Additional role details

• Job Requirements .
• With over 25 years as an engineering services provider, we believe in the power of doing things differently to make the impossible possible.
• Our people are driven by the desire to make the world a better place—to make a positive difference that contributes to a brighter future.
• We bring together technologies and industries, alongside the contributions of diverse individuals who are empowered by an intentional workplace culture, to solve problems better and faster.
• We are seeking a highly experienced Director-level ASIC Pre-Silicon Validation Competency Engineer to lead validation strategy, technical execution, and turnkey project delivery for ASIC programs.
• The ideal candidate will build and scale validation competency across the ASIC organization while actively leading complex projects from requirements definition through validation closure.
• This is a highly technical leadership role for someone who can operate at both the strategic and execution levels.