Principal Customer Validation Engineer

Micron Technology, Inc; Longmont (CO); On-site; USD 145,000 - 247,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision plans

Paid family leave

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Job summary

Micron Technology is seeking a Principal Customer Validation Engineer to lead validation efforts for major customers. You will define the validation strategy, provide technical leadership, and ensure alignment with multi-functional teams.

The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of experience in validation engineering and a Master’s degree in a related field. Micron offers a competitive salary range and an array of benefits to support work-life balance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in customer or product validation engineering.
• Demonstrated ownership of customer-facing validation programs.
• Experience leading initiatives across multiple engineering domains.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Customer Validation Lead for strategic customers.
• Define and own customer validation strategy and acceptance criteria.
• Drive alignment between customer requirements and internal teams.

Skills

Customer validation engineering

Technical leadership

Analytical judgment

Interpersonal skills

Education

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Job description

Req ID: JR102245 – Principal Customer Validation Engineer

Micron Technology is a world leader in innovating memory and storage solutions.

Job Summary

Technical authority and lead for customer validation responsible for end-to-end customer validation approach, execution oversight, and multi-functional alignment across major customers, platforms, and product lines. Operates with broad autonomy and drives high-impact decisions that influence customer confidence, qualification success, and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Customer Validation Lead (CVL) for strategic customers, hyperscalers, or OEMs.
• 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.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in customer, system, or product validation engineering.
• Demonstrated ownership of customer-facing validation programs with significant technical impact.
• Experience leading complex technical initiatives across multiple engineering domains.
• Deep expertise in enterprise SSD systems, storage behavior, and system-level interactions.
• Strong analytical judgment and ability to assess and manage technical risk under ambiguity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience influencing validation strategy and driving quality improvements at scale.
• Comfort serving as final technical authority for validation scope and outcomes.
• Proven ability to coordinate multi-functional teams including firmware, hardware, and systems engineering.
• Strong customer-facing interpersonal skills for technical briefings and resolving critical issues.
• Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

Benefits

Micron offers medical, dental, and vision plans, paid family leave, paid time off, paid holidays, and a range of benefit programs to support health, financial security, and work‑life balance.

Base salary range: $145,000.00 – $247,000.00 per year.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Micron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, citizenship status, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.