Senior Program Validation Engineer

Applied Intuition • Sunnyvale, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Applied Intuition is looking for a Senior Program Validation Engineer to serve as the technical interface between their customers/TPMs and their domain validation teams. This role will define the validation roadmap, own system-level release readiness, and drive the decision-making process for release gates. It is a high-visibility role where the individual will be 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.

Benefits

• Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. Consequently, the parties agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and that these laws are incorporated herein by reference. These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. These regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability. The parties also agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of Executive Order 13496 (29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A to Subpart A), relating to the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws.

What This Job Offers

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