Senior Program Validation Engineer

Applied Intuition • Sunnyvale, CA

3d • $118,000 - $200,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Applied Intuition is looking for a Senior Program Validation Engineer to serve as the technical interface between customers/TPMs and their domain validation teams. This role involves defining the validation roadmap, owning system-level release readiness, and driving the decision-making process for release gates. It is a high-visibility position accountable for the "go/no-go" criteria of releases.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software or systems validation experience, with exposure spanning multiple technical domains (embedded, UI/UX, cloud/OTA).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• Demonstrated experience owning end-to-end release readiness and formal acceptance processes (e.g., Customer Acceptance Testing).
• Strong ability to synthesize complex requirements into actionable validation plans.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills—comfortable influencing customers, TPMs, and engineering leads.
• Strong program/project management instincts, with a track record of driving cross-functional alignment.
• Comfortable working across multiple engineering domains without needing deep specialization in every one.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with automotive OTA, AUTOSAR/embedded, or HMI validation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, release engineering, and requirements management tools (e.g., Jira, Polarion).
• Technical program management background or relevant certification.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end validation strategy, translating customer requirements into cross-domain validation plans spanning Embedded, UX/HMI, and OTA.
• Define validation scope, milestones, infrastructure needs, and test coverage goals in partnership with customers, TPMs, and engineering leads.
• Lead system-level Customer Acceptance Testing (CAT), including planning, execution, entry/exit criteria, and release readiness.
• Assess release health by consolidating validation results, release risks, bug status, and release notes to drive final sign-off.
• Drive cross-functional alignment on validation priorities, coverage, and risk, escalating blockers and communicating validation status to engineering leadership and customers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior