Lead Verification & Validation Engineer

We are looking for a Lead Verification & Validation Engineer to join our team. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and executing V&V activities to ensure that our software meets the highest standards of safety and performance. In this role, you will play a critical role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our automotive systems - and serve as a technical lead across the V&V organization, guiding junior engineers and shaping validation strategy at the program level.

- Lead V&V strategy definition and own the end-to-end validation plan from concept through production release, setting direction for the broader team

- Mentor and provide technical guidance to validation engineers, reviewing test plans, debug approaches, and automation frameworks

- Serve as the primary technical escalation point for complex system-level failures, driving root cause analysis and cross-functional resolution

- Design, build, and maintain complex automotive system-level test benches to validate automotive systems with a focus on automation

- Develop comprehensive verification and validation plans for automotive software systems and features

- Design and execute test cases and test scripts to verify system functionality, performance, and safety

- Develop and implement automation scripts and tools to enhance testing efficiency and accuracy

- Integrate hardware and software components to create reliable and scalable test environments

- Lead debug of issues encountered, working with cross-functional teams across the organization on identifying root cause, confirming fixes, and providing guidance on protecting against future regressions

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams - including software developers, controls engineers, and systems engineers - to define and implement V&V strategies

- Continuously improve testing processes and tools to enhance efficiency and effectiveness

- Prepare and present detailed reports on verification activities and results to stakeholders

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience

- 5+ years of experience in the automotive or relevant industry

- Strong understanding of automotive systems, embedded software, and control systems

- Demonstrated experience with automotive testing instrumentation and tools

- Proficiency in automotive communication protocols such as CAN, LIN, Ethernet, and FlexRay

- Working knowledge of IDLs such as DBC, LDF, ARXML, and work with internal IDLs and frameworks

- Experience with automotive or aerospace HIL test benches, particularly with dSPACE, Vector VT, or similar platforms

- Experience writing and executing automated and manual tests

- Deep expertise in the EE architecture and integration of complex automotive systems, including interactions across multiple domains (e.g., body, powertrain, chassis, ADAS) and ECUs

- Proven track record of collaborating with large, cross-functional teams across hardware, software, and systems engineering

- Deep understanding of software development lifecycle and automotive testing methodologies

- Experience in system-level debugging and root-cause analysis across software and hardware boundaries

- Proficiency in understanding wiring and logical schematics, network diagrams, and harness drawings

- Ability to define and drive system validation plan from concept to production

- Familiarity with safety-critical software development and industry standards like ISO 26262

- Proficiency in programming languages such as C/C++, Python, or MATLAB