John Higgins

About John Higgins

Results-oriented, innovative Computer Engineer focused on Silicon Validation and System…

Experience

1. Senior Staff Engineer

   美商高通國際股份有限公司

   Jan 2014 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   2019 – present: Corporate Research and DevelopmentAI Accelerator System Level Test and ODM Test Enablement2014 – 2019 Qualcomm Datacenter: Server Validation and System Level TestEarly member of ARM Server Validation Team in Austin with ownership of validation test infrastructure and tools, silicon screening, triage, debug, and manufacturing System Level Test (SLT). • Developed and integrated content from Validation, Firmware, Linux, and Test teams and managed releases of automated test to manufacturing team, creating high quality processor screen for early customer samples and production ramp. • Owned hardware system configuration and test content required to provide coverage for CPU, cache, coherency, concurrency, PCIe, SATA, and other I/O, and drove debug of issues discovered in each unit. • Negotiated Firmware requirements needed for validation and SLT efforts (debug hooks, settings customization, parametric data gathering, etc). • Led collaboration with product/test, offshore manufacturing, and IT teams to establishing database requirements, allowing detailed SLT results analysis, debuggability, and pareto reporting. • Performed pre and post silicon unit level logic validation and bring-up of power manager and fuse units.

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical Engineering

  1997 — 2001

Skills

• Data Analysis
• Device Drivers
• Computer System Validation
• System Testing
• C++
• Test Automation
• Microprocessors
• Silicon Validation
• Quality Management
• Perl
• Program Management
• Java
• Failure Analysis
• Yield Management