Principal Validation Engineer

About the role

Principal Validation Engineer at Renesas. Define and own the end‑to‑end silicon validation strategy for automotive and Embedded 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 Embedded 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

• 15–27 years in mechanical & production
• C++
• Python
• FPGA
• B.Tech or B.E. or M.Tech