Principal Engineer - Validation

About the role

Principal Engineer - Validation at Renesas. Define and own the end‑to‑end silicon validation strategy for automotive and HPC SoCs, from pre‑silicon enablement through post‑silicon production release.

What you'll do

• Define and own the end‑to‑end silicon validation strategy for automotive and HPC SoCs, from pre‑silicon enablement through post‑silicon production release
• Ensure first‑time‑right silicon, robust validation coverage, and zero customer escapes across all assigned programs
• Lead global validation teams responsible for silicon bring‑up, characterization, and system‑level validation across multiple concurrent programs
• Establish and drive a System Use Case Validation Program, harvesting real customer/OEM and system scenarios and converting them into automated
• Influence SoC architecture, design, and program decisions through early validation insights, risk identification, and data‑backed recommendations

What you need

• 16–29 yrs of experience
• C++
• Python
• FPGA
• B.Tech or B.E. or M.Tech