Principal Validation Engineer
Pubblicato il 26-10-2026 - Renesas Electronics in Catania
Job Description
The Post-Silicon Validation team within the Performance Computing Power Division is building a world-class organization of highly skilled engineers across multiple global sites. Our mission is to push the boundaries of silicon validation for industry-leading integrated circuits enabling high-power, high-efficiency power management systems.
We are committed to delivering the highest level of validation quality by continuously improving test coverage, measurement accuracy, repeatability, automation, and execution efficiency while reducing overall validation time.
As a Principal Validation Engineer, you will serve as a recognized technical leader within the organization, defining and driving validation strategies for complex power management products and technology platforms. You will play a key role in shaping validation methodologies, influencing product and system architectures, and ensuring every new product meets its electrical, functional, reliability, and performance requirements prior to production release.
Working closely with Design, Applications, Product Engineering, Quality, and System teams, you will lead the resolution of complex silicon and system-level challenges while supporting aggressive product development and New Product Introduction (NPI) schedules.
For our new Design Center in Catania, we are looking for a hands-on technical leader who combines deep validation expertise with strategic thinking, thrives on innovation, enjoys solving complex technical challenges, and is committed to driving engineering excellence across the organization.
Principal Responsibilities
- Drive the validation of analog, digital, mixed-signal, and power management ICs against electrical, functional, and performance specifications.
- Define and drive validation strategies, methodologies, and technical roadmaps across multiple products and technology platforms.
- Lead development of validation architectures, test frameworks, and automation strategies to improve product quality, coverage, and engineering efficiency.
- Define comprehensive validation plans and ensure requirements traceability, coverage, and compliance with quality and industry standards.
- Identify technical risks, establish mitigation strategies, and drive risk-based validation execution to support successful product releases.
- Drive continuous improvement of laboratory infrastructure, measurement methodologies, and automation capabilities for advanced post-silicon evaluation.
- Lead investigation and resolution of the most complex silicon and system-level issues through data-driven analysis, characterization, and root-cause identification.
- Establish validation metrics and quality indicators to support data-driven decision making and continuous improvement.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to senior validation engineers and cross-functional project teams.
- Remain actively engaged in hands-on laboratory work, including silicon characterization, bench validation, and development of custom evaluation hardware when required.
- Assess product readiness,
communicate technical and quality risks, and provide release recommendations to engineering and business leadership.
- Collaborate closely with Design, Applications, Firmware, Product Engineering, and Quality teams to ensure successful product development and deployment.
- Remain actively engaged in hands-on laboratory work, including silicon characterization, bench validation, and development of custom evaluation hardware
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field, with 12-15 years of experience in power conversion, power management, semiconductor applications, or related system design.
- Demonstrated technical leadership driving validation activities across multiple product generations, programs, or technology platforms.
- Recognized expertise in validation methodologies, test strategy development, and coverage planning for complex mixed-signal and power management ICs.
- Deep expertise with laboratory instrumentation including oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, source meters, digital multimeters, waveform generators, logic analyzers, and thermal characterization equipment.
- Strong proficiency in Python programming, including development of automated test frameworks, laboratory automation solutions, and data analysis tools.
- Extensive experience with board-level analog and digital circuit design, schematic capture, PCB development, and hardware debugging.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate characterization and validation data into actionable product and technology recommendations.
- Extensive experience supporting New Product Introduction (NPI