Product Verification & Validation
Deep technical IC
Career Explorer · Quality, Regulatory & Product Safety · Verification & Validation
Entry: Verification EngineerIC ceiling: IC8Both
Individual contributor route
Technical or professional depth, without managing people.
- Verification Engineer InternIC0Optional developmental level
- Associate Verification EngineerIC1
- Verification EngineerIC2
- Senior Verification EngineerIC3
- Staff Verification EngineerIC4
- Principal Verification EngineerIC5
- Senior Principal Verification EngineerIC6
- Distinguished Verification EngineerIC7
- Fellow, Product Verification & ValidationIC8
Management route
Managing people. It is not the step above the individual route: it is a different job and asks for different evidence.
This family has no management ladder.
Source: PROCOMER FTZ benchmark; employer career sites