Senior Validation Engineer: Release Readiness & Strategy

Decisive Point; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition is seeking a Senior Program Validation Engineer to serve as the technical interface between customers/TPMs and our domain validation teams. You will define the validation roadmap, own system-level release readiness, and drive go/no-go decisions for releases.

You will lead end-to-end validation across embedded, UX/HMI, and OTA domains, coordinating with customers, TPMs, and engineering leads to ensure robust test coverage and timely sign-offs.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software or systems validation experience spanning embedded, UX/UI, cloud/OTA.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 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—able to influence customers, TPMs, and engineering leads.
• Strong program/project management instincts with track record of cross-functional alignment.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end validation strategy spanning Embedded, UX/HMI, and OTA.
• Define validation scope, milestones, infrastructure needs, and test coverage goals with customers, TPMs, and engineering leads.
• Lead system-level CAT, including planning, execution, entry/exit criteria, and release readiness.
• Assess release health by consolidating validation results, risks, bug status, and release notes for final sign-off.
• Drive cross-functional alignment on validation priorities, coverage, and risk, escalating blockers and communicating status to leadership and customers.

Skills

Validation planning

Stakeholder management

Cross-domain validation

Program/project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering

Tools

Jira

Polarion

CI/CD

Job description

Applied Intuition is seeking a Senior Program Validation Engineer to serve as the technical interface between customers/TPMs and our domain validation teams. You will define the validation roadmap, own system-level release readiness, and drive go/no-go decisions for releases.

You will lead end-to-end validation across embedded, UX/HMI, and OTA domains, coordinating with customers, TPMs, and engineering leads to ensure robust test coverage and timely sign-offs.