Principal Customer Validation Engineer
Core
Technical authority and lead for end-to-end customer validation, execution oversight, and multi-functional alignment for strategic customers, hyperscalers, and OEMs.
Role type
Principal Customer Validation Engineer
Builds
Enterprise SSD systems and storage solutions
Domain
Semiconductor / Storage
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Customer validation strategy definition, qualification planning and execution, risk mitigation, technical leadership for multi-domain validation and debug, system-level interaction analysis, cross-functional team coordination
Preferred skills
Validation strategy influence at scale, final technical authority for validation scope, coordinating firmware/hardware/systems engineering teams, technical briefings and critical issue resolution
Technologies
Enterprise SSD systems, firmware, hardware, systems engineering
Responsibilities
Define and own customer validation strategy, test depth, acceptance criteria, and risk mitigation; Lead qualification planning, execution readiness reviews, and customer closure decisions; Drive alignment between customer requirements and internal validation, firmware, and system teams; Provide technical leadership for complex, multi-domain validation and debug challenges
Seniority
Principal, technical authority & strategic leadership
