Senior Manager - Cross Cutting Integration

What you’ll do

At Scout Motors, you don't just design vehicles- you shape the future of the road. Our Engineering team is where bold ideas meet rigorous execution, building machines that are as durable and capable as the people who drive them. You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with brilliant minds across disciplines, turning complex challenges into elegant, scalable solutions that meet the highest standards of safety, performance, and user experience. This is a place where your fingerprints are found on metal – where what you design gets built, driven, and remembered. If you're hungry to engineer something that matters, Scout Motors is where that ambition finds its highest gear.

Cross-cutting Integration Manageris expected to lead cross-functional teams/members responsible for Diagnostics, OTA (Over-the-Air updates), Vehicle Cybersecurity integration, testing, and release across EV platforms.This role owns end-to-end system integration, validation, and production readiness for vehicle software in these domains. You will lead teams building and validating diagnostic systems, OTA pipelines, secure software delivery, and CI/CD infrastructure, ensuring all components work cohesively across ECUs and vehicle networks. Candidate is accountable for technical strategy, execution, and sign-off readiness, while driving scalable engineering practices in a fast-paced, startup-like environment.They are responsible for ensuring that vehicle software is secure, updateable, diagnosable, and productionready. Your leadership directly impacts vehicle launch success, software reliability, cybersecurity posture, and long-term fleet performance.

Become part of an iconic brand that is set to revolutionize the electric pick-up truck & rugged SUV marketplace by achieving the following:

• Own cross cutting domains of diagnostics, OTA and security readiness per vehicle software maturity, performance and release gates to approve vehicle integration builds (per program milestones).
• Lead multiple engineering teams across diagnostics integration & validation, OTA integration, testing & vehicle deployment, vehicle cybersecurity (secure boot, flashing, communication)
• Ensure seamless integration across ECU diagnostics (UDS, DoIP), OTA update systems (multi-ECU orchestration, rollback, recovery), security layers (authentication, encryption, secure boot)
• Own validation strategy across SIL / HIL / vehicle-level testing 
• Ensure comprehensive coverage for OTA update workflows and failure handling, diagnostic functionality and fault management, security validation (penetration scenarios, secure update flows) 
• Establish and enforce release quality gates and sign-off criteria
• Oversee vehicle-side OTA integration and testing update orchestration across ECUs, failure recovery and no-brick guarantees 
• Align with backend/cloud OTA teams for end-to-end delivery
• Lead implementation of vehicle security features secure boot, secure diagnostics and flashing, encryption and authentication protocols 
• Ensure compliance with standards such as ISO 21434
• Own software release readiness across diagnostics, OTA, and security domains 
• Ensure alignment with vehicle integration milestones, manufacturing (EOL diagnostics, flashing) and service and field support
• Partner with embedded software and ECU, EE architecture and network integration, cloud/backend OTA, vehicle integration, validation, and manufacturing teams
• Own system-level regression test planning, drive root cause analysis of cross-domain issues and help support integration war-room activities during DV/PV builds.
• Release and validate functional KPIs such as defect leakage rate, integration maturity index, build stability metrics, bus load margins, SW flash success rate etc.
• Validate wake-up/sleep strategies across ECUs, ensure no unintended current draw or parasitic drain and correct power state transitions during vehicle power cycles, start/stop/sleep, OTA updates/events
• Leadership Competencies
  • Strong system-level thinking, technical arbitration capability
  • Structured problem solving 
  • Program milestone ownership, ability to operate in high-pressure launch environments
  • Build and mentor new engineers & teams from ground-up

Location & Travel Expectations:

• This role may be based out of the Scout Motors corporate headquarters in Charlotte, NC. 
• This role requires 4-5 days per week in the office, with regular in-person meetings and events. 
• Applicants should expect that the role will require the ability to convene with Scout colleagues in person and travel to participate in events on behalf of the company from time to time.

What you’ll bring 

We expect all Scout employees to have integrity, curiosity, resourcefulness, and strive to exhibit a positive attitude, as well as a growth mindset. You’ll be comfortable with change and flexible in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. You’ll take a collaborative approach to achieve ambitious goals. Here's what else you'll bring:

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with 12+ yrs. Of experience
• Strong understanding of vehicle E/E architecture and ECU-level software stacks, automotive communication protocols (CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet), UDS diagnostics (ISO 14229) and diagnostic communication tools
• Expert knowledge of Jira, GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins, and Artifactory. ALM/PLM Proficiency in Siemens Polarion, IBM DOORS Next Gen, or PTC Windchill.
• Strong understanding, development and verification of plant and control models in MATLAB/Simulink for execution in hardware in the loop test environment, dSpace control desk and automation desk  
• Strong understanding of 1st principles in Engineering, result/solution oriented. 
• Familiarity with SW for embedded systems, EE systems and architecture 
• Familiarity with A2B, CAN, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, LVDS communication protocols and Vehicle Network tools, such as CANalyzer, CANoe, etc.‚
• Expertise with complex problem solving, data analysis, access/interpret/drive results with extended teams. 
• Knowledge of Automotive design and development process, system requirements, and general engineering best practices 

What you'll gain

The benefits of joining Scout include the chance to build products and a company from the ground up.  This is a chance to create something new and lasting – with an iconic brand at its foundation.  In addition, Scout provides competitive compensation and benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing. Program specifics are detailed in company policies and employee benefit guides, select highlights:

• Competitive insurance including:
  • Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans
• 401(k) program with:
  • An employer match and immediate vesting
• Generous Paid Time Off including:
  • 20 days planned PTO, as accrued
  • 40 hours of unplanned PTO and 14 company or floating holidays, annually
  • Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders
  • Paid leave for circumstances related to bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave
• Corporate Vehicle Program with:
  • Eligibility for 1 assigned vehicle
  • A mobility stipend

Pay Transparency

This is a full-time, exempt position eligible to receive a base salary and to participate in an annual performance bonus program. Final salary offered will be determined based on factors including but not limited to the candidate's skills and experience. The annual performance bonus program is preset and not candidate dependent.

Initial base salary range = $190,000.00 - $230,000.00

Internal leveling code: M7