Sr Principal Test and Validation Architect

Itron, Inc.
United States, North Carolina, Raleigh
Apr 08, 2025
Itron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources for today and tomorrow. Join us. Itron is seeking a Principal Test and Validation Architect to join our cross-functional, global team. This key position is primarily responsible for evaluating, proposing, and documenting the overall test strategy for our products and solutions. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of how we deliver test and validation coverage, ensuring our products meet the highest standards of quality and reliability. Duties and Responsibilities: Strategic Planning: Evaluate, propose, and document the overall test strategy for our products and solutions. Collaboration: Work closely with hardware, firmware, software, test, and systems teams early in the product development lifecycle to ensure that the architecture and design align with the organization's testability and supportability goals. Coordination: Coordinate across all verification and validation teams to ensure optimized integration, functional, performance, and reliability test coverage across products and the end-to-end solution space. Holistic Systems View: Drive future strategies for providing comprehensive test and validation coverage for components and systems from a holistic systems perspective. Required Skills and Experience: 7+ years of proven experience in a similar role within a cross-functional, global team. Strong background in hardware, firmware, software, and systems testing. Technical expertise in IoT based technologies for wired and wireless protocols. Technical expertise in solutions developed for the utility industry. Demonstrated knowledge of waterfall and agile product development methodologies. Excellent communication and coordination skills to effectively collaborate with various teams. Ability to drive strategic initiatives and influence future test and validation strategies. Preferred Skills and Experience: Bachelors of Computer Science or Electrical Engineering Travel: 0% #LI-MB1 Itron is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and providing an authentic workplace experience for all employees. If you are excited about this role but your past experiences don't perfectly align with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. In the end, you may be just who we are looking for! The successful candidate's starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience. Itron is proud to be an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. If you require an accommodation to apply, please contact a recruiting representative at 1-800-635-5461 or email Accessibility@itron.com. Itron enables utilities and cities to safely, securely and reliably deliver critical infrastructure solutions. We provide smart networks, software, services, meters, and sensors to better manage electricity, gas, water and city services. We are dedicated to creating a more resourceful world.