Sr Principal Product Validation Engineer

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.

• Lead and own product validation strategy, including regression quality, performance benchmarking and release sign‑off
• Act as a technical authority to identify product weaknesses and recommend improvements
• Drive process, methodology, and test infrastructure improvements across Product Validation
• Work closely with R&D, Product Engineering, Application Engineering, and customers to ensure product readiness
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to senior and junior engineers
• Support and influence cross‑functional initiatives and high‑impact programs
• Act as a technical authority in conceiving and defining verification and validation strategies for complex products and solution flows
• Drive design for testability principles into product lines and integrated solution flows
• Deep experience in Product Validation/ Software Quality Assurance
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross‑team technical efforts
• Strong communication and influencing skill

• BE/BTech/ME/MS/MTech in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of relevant experience (or Master’s + 7 years / PhD + 5 years)

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