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Senior Hardware Validation Engineer

San Jose, CA, us💼 Full-time💰 $115,000–$115,000🗓 2026-09-14 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead hardware validation planning and execution for embedded products, applications, and solutions using Renesas products, ensuring robustness and production readiness.

Role type

Senior Hardware Validation Engineer

Builds

Embedded hardware platforms, reference designs, and development tools for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT sectors.

Domain

Semiconductor / Embedded Systems / Hardware Validation

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

SoC architecture, ARM cores, power management, analog/mixed-signal design, high-speed interface validation, Signal Integrity (SI), Power Integrity (PI), PCB layout, schematic design, embedded programming (C/C++)

Preferred skills

Experience with PMICs, MOSFETs, GaN, lab tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers), validation frameworks, debug utilities (JTAG, Lauterbach)

Technologies

Renesas products, ARM (A/M series), DDR, USB, PCIe, MIPI, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, JIRA, Bugzilla

Responsibilities

Lead hardware validation planning and execution; Drive hardware technical decisions; Own hardware execution from ideation to production readiness; Collaborate with systems, firmware/software, and product engineering teams; Identify and mitigate hardware-related technical risks; Plan and execute new product prototype bring-up, bench-testing, and evaluation; Contribute to reference designs and development platforms; Act as a technical mentor.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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