Junior Validation Engineer

The Post-Silicon Validation team within the Performance Computing Power Division is building a world-class organization of highly skilled engineers across multiple global sites. Our mission is to push the boundaries of silicon validation for industry-leading integrated circuits enabling high-power, high-efficiency power management systems. We are committed to delivering the highest level of validation quality by continuously improving test coverage, measurement accuracy, repeatability, automation, and execution efficiency while reducing overall validation time. As a Senior Validation Engineer, you will be part of a multidisciplinary global development team and play a key role in ensuring that every new product fully meets its electrical, functional, and performance specifications before release to production. You will work closely with Design, Applications, Product Engineering, Quality, and System teams to identify, debug, and resolve silicon and system-level issues while supporting aggressive product development and New Product Introduction (NPI) schedules. For our new Design Center in Catania, we are looking for a passionate engineer who thrive on innovation, enjoy solving complex technical challenges, and is committed to delivering high-quality results in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities: • Validate analog, digital, mixed-signal, and power management ICs against electrical, functional, and performance specifications.  • Prepare advanced laboratory test setups for complex silicon evaluation.  • Contribute to the design of custom evaluation boards and supporting hardware for silicon characterization.  • Develop measurement scripts using Python.  • Perform data acquisition, statistical analysis, result correlation, preparation of detailed technical reports and silicon evaluation summaries.  • Evaluate silicon performance at device, board, and system level, identifying, documenting, and tracking silicon and application issues.  • Collaborate closely with Design, Applications, Firmware, Product Engineering, and Quality teams to investigate and resolve silicon and system-level bugs.  • Contribute innovative ideas that enhance validation quality, automation, productivity, and time-to-market.  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related discipline with about 2 years of work-related experience.  • Good level of expertise in lab automation, ability to propose improvements to existing measurements techniques.  • Proficiency with Python programming with particular use for lab automation hardware environments   • Basic knowledge of power management applications in consumer electronic    • Board level analog and digital circuit design expertise for PCB schematic creation   • Strong analytical and debugging skills with a systematic approach to problem solving.  • Self-motivated, proactive, and able to manage priorities while delivering high-quality results under demanding project schedules.  • Goals-oriented and able to deliver on-time results under tight schedules   • Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively within international cross-functional teams.  In addition: • Flexible to undertake occasional international travel  • Excellent command of verbal and written English  • Italian is a plus Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose, To Make Our Lives Easier . With a global team of over 21,000 engineers and problem solvers in more than 30 countries, we offer the opportunity to work on world‑leading technology for Automotive, Industrial, Infrastructure, and IoT, shaping a safer, healthier, greener, and smarter future. At Renesas, TAGIE is our culture, grounded in being Transparent, Agile, Global