[Skip to main content](#main-content)

[ OpenNash ](https://opennash.com/) / [Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [ 01 Search jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/search/)[ 02 Companies](https://jobs.opennash.com/explore/)[ 03 Hiring report](https://jobs.opennash.com/reports/hiring/)[ 04 AI assistants](https://jobs.opennash.com/connect/)[ 05 How it works](https://jobs.opennash.com/methodology/)

GlobalFoundries · Richardson, TX

# Bench Validation and Characterization Manager

Richardson, TX, US Full-time Manager or lead $171,000.00 - $296,000.00 Operations 

Listed on GlobalFoundries’s official careers site. Posted October 29, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there.
[Apply on GlobalFoundries’s careers site →](https://careers.gf.com/careers/job/563980770979928)

[OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [GlobalFoundries](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/globalfoundries/) / Bench Validation and Characterization Manager

## Job description

### About GlobalFoundries

GlobalFoundries is a leading full-service semiconductor foundry providing a unique combination of design, development, and fabrication services to some of the world’s most inspired technology companies. With a global manufacturing footprint spanning three continents, GlobalFoundries makes possible the technologies and systems that transform industries and give customers the power to shape their markets. For more information, visit www.gf.com.

### Summary of Role

This position is for a senior engineering leader who will be leading a team of bench characterization engineers supporting new product development. This role requires a candidate with people leadership skills coupled with hands-on technical skillset. Candidate will have equal amount of focus spent between people leadership skills and hands-on technical contribution. This role requires close co-ordination and collaboration with design teams, SW/FW teams, Product/Test engineering teams, PM teams, and also may require engagement with external customer teams, to deliver product characterization results that support project goals.

### Essential Responsibilities
- Lead silicon bring-up, validation, and characterization activities for complex SoCs.
- Manage and develop a team of validation engineers and lab technicians.
- Define validation plans and drive execution across functionality, performance, power, and reliability.
- Lead debug and root-cause analysis of silicon issues in collaboration with Design, Product Engineering, DFT, and Test Engineering teams.
- Oversee characterization of analog, mixed-signal, and RF subsystems and IPs across digital, analog, and RF product lines.
- Code bench test plans bench characterization board/socket hardware design, including compliance to parasitics requirements, stack-up, grounding, shielding, power integrity, and component placement.
- Develop and deploy automated validation and data analysis solutions using Python, MATLAB, or equivalent data-analytics tools.
- Own lab infrastructure, equipment planning, calibration, safety, and operational excellence.
- Drive correlation between simulation, bench results, and ATE production test data.
- Review characterization data, correlate findings to system-level parameters, and ensure reports are ready for stakeholder review.
- Support qualification, customer engagements, and production release activities.

### Other Responsibilities

Communicate team progress, risks, and priorities to engineering leadership.

### Required Qualifications
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline with 10yrs+ of work experience in semiconductor characterization, bench measurements, or related engineering work.
- Experience leading, mentoring, or managing engineers, or demonstrated readiness to grow into people leadership.
- Experience using benchtop equipment such as power supplies, multimeters, signal generators, AWGs, SMUs, pattern generators, VNAs, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, etc.
- Programming experience in developing test code and automation using Python, MATLAB, LabVIEW, or equivalent.
- Strong debugging, problem-solving, and cross-functional leadership skills.
- Strong cross-functional communication skills and the ability to represent the team to senior stakeholders.

### Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with RF/mmWave, radar, wireless, networking, or high-speed communication products.
- Project management skills - i.e., the ability to innovate and execute on solutions that matter; the ability to navigate ambiguity.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong planning & organizational skills. Expected Salary Range $171,000.00 - $296,000.00 The exact Salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience and location.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at usaccommodations@gf.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. An offer with GlobalFoundries is conditioned upon the successful completion of pre-employment conditions, as applicable, and subject to applicable laws and regulations.

GlobalFoundries is fully committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and believes that cultural diversity within the company enhances its business potential. GlobalFoundries goal of excellence in business necessitates the attraction and retention of highly qualified people. Artificial barriers and stereotypic biases detract from this objective and may be illegally discriminatory. All policies and processes which pertain to employees including recruitment, selection, training, utilization, promotion, compensation, benefits, extracurricular programs, and termination are created and implemented without regard to age, ethnicity, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic or category specified by local, state or federal law

## At a glance
- Posted by the employer: Oct 29, 2026
- First seen by OpenNash: Nov 3, 2026
- Last checked: Nov 3, 2026
- Listed for: 5 days
- Location: Richardson, TX, US
- Employment type: Full-time
- Pay: $171,000.00 - $296,000.00[Apply on GlobalFoundries’s careers site →](https://careers.gf.com/careers/job/563980770979928)

## Hiring at GlobalFoundries
- Open jobs: 682
- New in the last 7 days: After two weekly collections
- Tracked since: Jul 13, 2026

[All GlobalFoundries jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/globalfoundries/) · [Weekly hiring report](/reports/hiring/)

## More jobs at GlobalFoundries

### [Principal CI/CD Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/globalfoundries/jobs/967f3d774618113d6ca1/)

Richardson, TX, US

### [Design Verification Engineer (2027 New College Graduate)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/globalfoundries/jobs/48e0af2731187fa9553b/)

Richardson, TX, US

### [Design Verification Engineer Intern (Summer 2027)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/globalfoundries/jobs/7564deb5015e07181ad4/)

Richardson, TX, US

### [3D Heterogeneous Integration Engineer (2026 New College Graduate)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/globalfoundries/jobs/187d997f1932dc686ade/)

Malta, New York, United States of America

### [AI enabled Device Modeling Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/globalfoundries/jobs/c519957f7473cbd776de/)

Malta, NY, US +1 more

## Similar jobs at other companies

### [ASIC Validation Engineer, Network Validation & Characterization](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/6f84a078ca80d8b450aa/)

Meta Platforms · Sunnyvale, CA

### [ASIC Validation Engineer, Power Validation & Characterization](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/5d9ce53662d093a0f5eb/)

Meta Platforms · Sunnyvale, CA

### [ASIC Bench Characterization Manager (TERADYNE, Agoura Hills, CA)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/teradyne/jobs/7289dc3b7a861507b5a2/)

Teradyne · Agoura Hills, CA, US

### [RFIC Validation and Characterization Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/apple/jobs/5af1786c77bd83e53d67/)

Apple · Irvine, United States of America

### [RFIC Validation and Characterization Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/apple/jobs/d5c3d1ea45749f42c49d/)

Apple · Sunnyvale, United States of America

OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications.
Dates come from the employer where stated; “first seen” and “last checked” are our own observations.

[ OpenNash ](https://opennash.com/)

AI-native services firm that builds custom software and 24/7 AI agents.

OpenNash Jobs is an OpenNash Applied AI project.
[Book time with OpenNash](https://calendly.com/opennash/new-meeting?hide_gdpr_banner=1)

Jobs
- [Search jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/search/)
- [Companies](https://jobs.opennash.com/explore/)
- [Hiring report](https://jobs.opennash.com/reports/hiring/)
- [AI assistants](https://jobs.opennash.com/connect/)
- [How it works](https://jobs.opennash.com/methodology/)

OpenNash
- [opennash.com](https://opennash.com/)
- [Services](https://opennash.com/ai-agent-consulting/)
- [OpenNash CX](https://opennash.com/cx/)
- [AI Tools](https://opennash.com/ai-tools/)
- [Blog](https://opennash.com/blog/)
- [About](https://opennash.com/about/)

Contact
- [hello@opennash.com](mailto:hello@opennash.com)

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/opennash)

- [Support](https://jobs.opennash.com/support/)

- [Privacy](https://jobs.opennash.com/privacy/)

- [Terms](https://jobs.opennash.com/terms/)

© 2026 OpenNash, Inc. Company names and public job postings belong to their respective owners. Employers control source availability and application decisions.