Principal Engineer, Validation

We are seeking a Principal Engineer Validation with deep technical expertise and strong system-level thinking to architect lead and continuously improve post-silicon system and functional validation for complex SoC/MCU platforms.

This role is mission-critical to ensuring first-time-right silicon validating functional correctness feature compliance performance power and robustness across real-world use cases PVT corners and customer workloads. The Principal Engineer acts as a technical authority and trusted advisor driving validation strategy across pre-silicon emulation FPGA and silicon phases while preventing escapes.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and define automotive systemlevel postsilicon validation strategy aligned to ASILD quality and zeroescape goals.
• Drive prepost silicon continuity enabling reuse of validation content across simulation emulation FPGA and silicon.
• Architect and own end-to-end validation plans test strategies and feature-to-coverage matrices mapped to architecture and design specifications
• Lead validation of boot power/clock/reset safety mechanisms memory interconnects and interfaces under stress corner and fault conditions.
• Influence SoC architecture and design by identifying validation risks corner cases and observability gaps early.
• Lead system bringup on automotive evaluation boards emulation/FPGA platforms and silicon.
• Define requirements for validation infrastructure lab readiness instrumentation and automation frameworks.
• Serve as final technical escalation point for complex postsilicon issues; drive disciplined evidencebased RCA across HW/FW/SW.
• Establish escapeprevention mechanisms using coverage proxies stress scenarios and datadriven signoff criteria.
• Champion automationfirst validation including regressions diagnostics CI integration and quality metrics.
• Own validation readiness assessments risk reporting and go/nogo recommendations for production release.
• Act as a technical bridge across architecture design DV firmware software product and manufacturing teams
• Act as a trusted technical advisor mentoring engineers and set technical direction and best practices for the validation organization

Qualifications :

Required Skills & Experience

• B.E./B. Tech or M.E./M. Tech in Electronics Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• 14 years of experience in post-silicon system validation SoC bring-up or functional validation with demonstrated principal-level impact.
• Strong expertise in SoC/MCU architecture ARM cores (A/M series) interconnects peripherals power/clock/reset and low-power design techniques.
• Proven experience validating high-speed interfaces (DDR USB PCIe Ethernet MIPI etc.) and standard protocols (SPI I2C UART CAN LIN FlexRay etc.).
• Advanced proficiency in C/C and embedded firmware development for diagnostics stress and automation.
• Deep hands-on experience with lab instrumentation (oscilloscopes logic analyzers power/thermal analyzers).
• Strong debug skills using JTAG Lauterbach OpenOCD CoreSight and related tools.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional technical initiatives and influence without authority.
• Experience with AI frameworks for SoC Validation efficiency and quality gain eg validation specific AI agents Cody AI for content development etc.

Preferred

• Experience in automotive-grade SoCs and familiarity with functional safety quality and robustness requirements.
• Exposure to emulation FPGA prototyping and hybrid validation models.
• Track record of escape reduction and quality improvement across silicon generations.
• Self-driven systems thinker with strong analytical mentoring and strategic decision-making capabilities.
• Experience in validation of  (Neural Processing Unit) or AI accelerator HW functionality on SoC.

Additional Information :

Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose To Make Our Lives Easier. As the industrys leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive industrial infrastructure and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio including High Performance Computing Embedded Processing Analog & Connectivity and Power.
 
With a diverse team of over 21000 professionals in more than 30 countries we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow To Make Our Lives Easier.     
 
At Renesas you can: 

• Launch and advance your career in technical and business roles across four Product Groups and various corporate functions. You will have the opportunities to explore our hardware and software capabilities and try new things.  

• Make a real impact by developing innovative products and solutions to meet our global customers evolving needs and help make peoples lives easier safe and secure. 

• Maximize your performance and wellbeing in our flexible and inclusive work environment. Our people-first culture and global support system including the remote work option and Employee Resource Groups will help you excel from the first day.    

Are you ready to own your success and make your mark  

Join Renesas. Lets Shape the Future together.  

Renesas Electronics is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to supporting diversity and fostering a work environment free of discrimination on the basis of sex race religion national origin gender gender identity gender expression age sexual orientation military status veteran status or any other basis protected by law. For more information please read our Diversity & Inclusion Statement.

We have adopted a hybrid model that gives employees the ability to work remotely two days a week while ensuring that we come together as a team in the office the rest of the time. The designated in-office days are Tuesday through Thursday for innovation collaboration and continuous learning.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time