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DirectorFull-timeRust
Salary Range
$40,800 - $55,200 /year
This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.
About the Role
Renesas is seeking a Principal Engineer, Validation to redefine automotive-grade silicon quality standards. This role will drive first-time-right silicon development and set new industry benchmarks for validation excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- →Define and own end-to-end silicon validation strategy for automotive and HPC SoCs
- →Ensure first-time-right silicon with robust validation coverage and zero customer escapes
- →Lead global validation teams across multiple concurrent programs
- →Establish and drive a System Use Case Validation Program
- →Influence SoC architecture through early validation insights
- →Drive shift-left validation to reduce late surprises
- →Own escape-prevention strategy with robust testing and validation criteria
- →Build and scale high-performing validation organizations
- →Lead automation and infrastructure modernization across validation labs
- →Establish validation methodologies and quality benchmarks
- →Identify technical risks and drive data-driven mitigation
- →Provide executive-level reporting on validation status
- →Act as a trusted partner to multiple engineering teams
Requirements
- ✓Extensive experience in silicon validation for automotive or HPC SoCs
- ✓Proven leadership of global validation teams
- ✓Strong background in validation methodologies and quality standards
- ✓Experience with simulation, emulation, and FPGA technologies
- ✓Deep understanding of system-level validation and test automation
- ✓Ability to influence architecture and design decisions
- ✓Track record of implementing shift-left validation programs
- ✓Strong technical leadership and execution ownership skills
- ✓Experience with validation metrics and reporting systems
- ✓Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
