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SeniorFull-timeRustGo
Salary Range
$26,520 - $35,880 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
We are seeking a Principal Engineer, Validation with deep technical expertise to architect and lead post-silicon system and functional validation for complex SoC/MCU platforms. This mission-critical role ensures first-time-right silicon by validating functional correctness, performance, power, and robustness across various conditions.
Key Responsibilities
- →Own and define automotive system-level post-silicon validation strategy aligned to ASIL-D quality and zero-escape goals
- →Drive pre-post 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
- →Lead validation of boot, power/clock/reset, safety mechanisms, memory, interconnects, and interfaces
- →Influence SoC architecture and design by identifying validation risks and observability gaps early
- →Lead system bring-up 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 post-silicon issues
- →Establish escape-prevention mechanisms using coverage proxies, stress scenarios, and data-driven signoff criteria
- →Champion automation-first validation, including regressions, diagnostics, CI integration, and quality metrics
- →Own validation readiness assessments, risk reporting, and go/no-go recommendations for production release
- →Act as a technical bridge across architecture, design, DV, firmware, software, product, and manufacturing teams
- →Mentor engineers and set technical direction and best practices for the validation organization
Requirements
- ✓Deep technical expertise in system-level validation for complex SoC/MCU platforms
- ✓Experience with automotive validation, particularly ASIL-D quality requirements
- ✓Strong understanding of pre-silicon, emulation, FPGA, and silicon validation phases
- ✓Proven ability to architect validation plans and test strategies
- ✓Experience with validation infrastructure, lab setup, and automation frameworks
- ✓Strong problem-solving skills with experience in root cause analysis (RCA)
- ✓Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work across technical teams
