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.

What you'll do:

• 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

You'll have:

• 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

Even better, you may have:

• Familiarity with safety-critical software development and industry standards like ISO 26262
• Proficiency in programming languages such as C/C++, Python, or MATLAB
• Experience testing fully electric vehicles

Salary Range: $140,000-$175,000/K

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience