Senior Validation Engineer

Premier Staffing Solution • Palo Alto, CA

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About The Position

The Senior Validation Engineer is an individual contributor responsible for functional validation and testing of the Company and Volkswagen Group’s electronic control units (ECUs), including telematics, infotainment, battery management, ADAS, and zonal ECUs. The team develops custom automated test solutions involving internal-facing software, low-level firmware, data management platforms, and custom electromechanical hardware, deployed within the Company and at external labs and contract manufacturing facilities.

The role owns verification and validation of vehicle electronics and works cross-functionally to ensure electronics meet module-level requirements under environmental stress, including thermal extremes, shock and vibration, humidity, and fault injection. The engineer develops and leads validation plans, evaluates test coverage and results, supports design testability, and coordinates technicians, resources, schedules, and cross-functional root-cause investigations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in electronics characterization and validation testing.
• Hands-on experience in design verification and validation testing.
• Experience using laboratory instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, and digital multimeters.
• Experience using thermal chambers and vibration tables.
• Experience in data analysis and report generation using Python.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using SQL.
• Experience with Databricks or a similar environment.
• Experience with automated test equipment.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed design verification and validation test plans for all phases of ECU programs, with input from reliability and design teams.
• Lead execution of validation test plans according to project milestones, including DVP&R and PVP&R, to ensure design reliability for mass production.
• Own test coverage reports and analysis.
• Provide early feedback to design engineers regarding design decisions and testability.
• Develop and present Design for Testability (DFT) reports for ECU designs.
• Plan and lead technicians during durability, electrical, and functional validation testing for component-level ECU testing.
• Coordinate test resources and own validation schedules, communicating status to upper management and cross-functional teams.
• Lead cross-functional efforts to root-cause non-compliant test results during validation cycles using data analysis to identify and address underlying issues.

What This Job Offers

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