Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Senior Validation Engineer - Electronics Design
$132K–$182K
Palo Alto, California · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 13, 2026
- Experience
- Extensive experience required; no specific number of years stated.
About the job
Develops and validates electronic control units for vehicles, leading hardware verification across the product lifecycle and supporting designs through production launch.
What you'll do
- Design, bring up, debug, and validate electronic hardware, including reviewing schematics and PCB layouts.
- Define validation strategies and lead DVP&R/PVP&R activities, testing, data analysis, and root-cause investigations.
- Provide cross-functional technical leadership and mentorship, and support validated designs through production launch.
What they ask for
- Extensive experience developing and validating electronic hardware through the complete product-development lifecycle.
- Hands-on experience with hardware architecture, circuit design, schematic capture, PCB layout review, prototype bring-up, debugging, and design validation.
- Expertise in electronic hardware verification and validation, including electrical, functional, environmental, durability, and fault-injection testing; experience with DVP&R and PVP&R.
- Experience with complex electronic product development; manufacturing or production testing alone is insufficient. Strong cross-functional leadership, communication, and mentorship skills.
Pay
$132.1K – $181.6K USD base salary; annual bonus target of 10% (bonus; amount not specified)
Tools
ECUs, ADAS, DVP&R, PVP&R, DFT, DFR, DFM, PCB
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