Autonomy Validation Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Lead validation strategy and execution for autonomous machine products and supporting technologies.
• Manage end-to-end validation processes, including requirements traceability, test execution, defect management, and validation reporting.
• Provide technical leadership, guidance, and mentoring to Validation Engineers across projects and validation environments.
• Integrate validation deliverables into Agile release cycles, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, release planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with software, controls, systems, simulation, product, and TPM teams to ensure validation coverage aligns with program priorities.
• Support validation across SIL, HIL, simulation, laboratory, and machine-level test environments.
• Drive root cause investigations, bug triage, BIQ analysis, corrective actions, and validation issue resolution.
• Support development and implementation of test automation frameworks and AI-enabled validation solutions.

Job requirements

• Validation Leadership and Technical Expertise Leading validation efforts for complex systems, software, controls, or autonomous products.
• Defining validation strategies, test plans, acceptance criteria, and release readiness measures.
• Managing validation metrics, test results analysis, requirements traceability, and readiness assessments.
• Coordinating validation deliverables within Agile release cycles using Scrum, SAFe, Kanban, or similar methodologies.
• Providing technical direction and mentoring to validation and test engineering teams.
• Establishing, improving, and standardizing validation processes and best practices.
• Decision Making and Problem Solving Analyzing complex technical problems and identifying practical, data-driven solutions.
• Evaluating validation risks and recommending mitigation strategies that balance product quality, schedule, and resources.