Senior Lead Radar SW System Validation Engineer
Posted:
18 June 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline:
15 September 2026
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
A Senior Validation Engineer responsible for leading validation activities driving test automation ensuring end-to-end validation coverage and contributing to system-level quality improvements for radar and embedded platforms. The role requires a strong balance of test execution automation debugging and technical ownership along with the ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams.
Skills & Expertise:
- Test execution and validation for embedded/radar systems
- Exposure to Python-based automation frameworks
- Hands-on experience with lab setup hardware bring-up and debugging
- Experience using measurement tools such as logic analyzers
- Basic knowledge of automotive radar validation (velocity range RF setups)
- Familiarity with LabVIEW/TestStand environments
- Strong collaboration and coordination skills in cross-functional teams
- Experience supporting lab infrastructure procurement and test environment readiness
- Lead and own validation for assigned modules/features ensuring end-to-end test coverage from requirements to validation sign-off.
- Define test strategies test plans and validation approaches aligned with product requirements.
- Drive improvements in test coverage traceability and execution efficiency.
- Design develop and enhance automation frameworks (primarily Python-based) for validation workflows.
- Drive automation adoption across test cases ensuring scalability maintainability and reusability.
- Integrate validation frameworks into CI/CD pipelines and release validation flows.
Domain Expertise :
Radar System Validation & Analysis
- Lead validation activities for automotive radar systems including:
- Velocity range and angle validation
- RF test setups and antenna calibration
- Processing chain validation and result analysis
- Analyze complex validation failures and drive root cause investigation with development teams.
- Contribute to improving validation methodologies for radar signal processing workflows.
Hardware & Test Infrastructure Leadership
- Own lab infrastructure readiness including:
- Test bench setup and bring-up
- Hardware configuration and integration
- Validation environment stabilization
- Drive improvements in test infrastructure reliability and scalability.
Test Execution Excellence & Coverage Management
- Ensure high-quality test execution with accurate result validation and reporting.
- Drive:
- Test list consolidation
- Test synchronization across teams
- Coverage metrics tracking
- Mentor junior engineers on test execution and best practices.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
NXP is a global semiconductor company creating solutions that enable secure connections for a smarter world.