Senior Lead Validation Engineer - Automotive
About Cognizant’s Mobility Practice:
Cognizant Mobility is the premier automotive engineering services division of Cognizant that is focused on smart connected vehicle engineering and software delivery. Our clients include well known Automotive OEMs and Electric/Autonomous Start Up Companies that leverage our automotive engineering expertise.
We are looking for talented engineers with backgrounds in Electrical and Computer Engineering for such roles as Vehicle Systems Engineering, Electrical Design and Release, High Voltage Wire Harness Design and Packaging, Embedded Software Development and Algorithm Research, AUTOSAR Model Based System Design, Validation, Hardware in the Loop Integration, Functional Safety, Vehicle Triage, SWAT and Launch Support, etc.
What you’ll be doing:
The Senior Lead Validation Engineer is responsible to lead electrical feature validation and verification for specific vehicle programs and should be capable of working with suppliers, various Engineering Support teams including systems, wiring, design release engineers, Program Management, and Manufacturing teams as required to validate and resolve electrical issues to support successful vehicle launch. Responsibilities include:
- Manage and create test plans for electrical features across the vehicle: cluster, radio, body control module, telematics, and powertrain
- Develop, maintain, and execute test plans (DVP&R) at the vehicle level
- Report defects based upon test plan failures
- Manage issues and root cause analysis of issues found
- Provide feedback on System Requirements to ensure specs are testable
- Manage team budgets and tasks
Candidate shall have:
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent
- 6+ Years Experience in various automotive roles
- Experience in electrical systems design, development, or test engineering
- Experience in validation of complex systems and resource and financial budgets/allocation
- Experience in developing/scheduling DVP&R (Design Verification Plan and Report), aligning necessary resources, and detailed electrical test procedures
- Effective communication and presentation skills
- Ability to multitask many assignments and coordinate testing for numerous validation test engineers and programs
- Highly developed interpersonal/collaborative skills
- Demonstrates ability to work independently, achieve deadlines, while exhibiting a high degree of proficiency in a fast-paced work environment with minimum assistance
- Demonstrated problem-solving skills and experience in leading projects, team leadership experience, and the ability to engage and motivate team members
- Exceptional communication and facilitation skills with proven ability to communicate clearly and succinctly with executive management
- Record of successful and measurable process/performance improvement initiatives
Responsibilities:
- Develop the program budget and timeline
- Generation and ordering of the Bill Of Material (BOM)
- Commissioning of the Test Properties – Plywood Buck, HIL, Vehicles
- Define and manage the ECU tracking and Design Verification Plan (DVP)
- Specification and requirements reviews, change requests, and lessons learned
- Manage Issues and Status Reporting
- Program/Design/Platform Reviews
- Maintain strategic relationship with functional areas and manage deliverables for the vehicle program, ownership of program plan execution
- Manage all series cards and bulletin impact to the budget (manpower, equipment, vehicles, etc.) and program timing
- Responsible to ensure vehicle timing and requirements are provided to the team
- Develop the plan for test property types and quantities and their configurations
- Lead build coordination of PWB/VHIL/HIL properties (including securing a technician and simulators), ensure on-time delivery and test property readiness to start testing per the plan.
- Collect manpower assessments before program approval and track actual manpower effort.
- Determine vehicle count/needs for validation, obtain approval, and submit vehicle requests
- Develop and maintain ECU (Electronic Control Units) tracking charts and Design Verification Plan (DVP) for the program
- Collect software and verification reports, share with validation team and after validation is completed, publish validated software for other functional vehicle custodians to use for development fleet updates
- Update plywood buck and vehicle test properties before the start of every planned validation loop
- Collect vehicle information such as original configuration/PROXI, vehicle scan reports, PINs for key programming, etc.
- Manage test properties and reservation calendar
- Support vehicle level EMC testing
- Support End of Line (EOL) tester development
- Review bulletins and change requests, develop validation timing for changes and provide detailed information to the validation team for validation planning
- Participate / present in program reviews and vehicle team meetings ensuring all deliverables meet milestones
- Escalate roadblocks and deliverables that are not on track to be met (or are late)
- Lead and coordinate technical issue resolution
- Manage documentation reviews and support Lessons Learned process
- Support the Design Responsible(s), Design Lead(s), and Managers; escalate tasks not completed and support the coaching of engineers
- Support assembly plant warranty, quality, and reliability meetings
- Ensure compliance reports are completed on time to support program milestones
- Primary interface/lead for Product Related Issues and Investigations
Keywords: Automotive, Validation, Verification, CAN
Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in Canada without requiring employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Salary and Other Compensation:
- The annual salary for this position is between CAD 82,000 – CAD 93,000 + Cost of living allowance depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans. - Applications will be accepted until May 27th , 2026
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Ce que nous offrons
- La possibilité d’avoir une carrière avec un impact. Ici, vous avez la possibilité de partager vos idées transformatrices pour aider notre entreprise et nos clients à améliorer le quotidien de tous.
- Prenez votre carrière en main grâce à notre écosystème d'apprentissage et de développement. Et lorsque vos ambitions changent ou que nous vous offrons de nouvelles occasions, nous vous aidons à pivoter en vous proposant des formations et des conseils pour trouver des postes qui pourraient mieux vous convenir.
- L’occasion de s'épanouir au sein d’une communauté diversifiée. Nous célébrons les expériences et perspectives d’autrui et encourageons un sentiment d'appartenance à travers nos groupes d'affinité et nos initiatives en matière de diversité et d'inclusion.
- Rémunération compétitive qui comprend un salaire concurrentiel et une pension avec des contributions équivalentes.
- Des prestations de soins de santé et financières flexibles pour vous soutenir, ainsi que vos personnes à charge admissibles, dès le premier jour au travail.
- Une vraie conciliation travail-vie personnelle. Nous offrons des vacances, des modalités de travail flexibles, des occasions de bénévolat, des événements sociaux et bien d’autres afin que vous puissiez être au mieux.
À propos de nous
Cognizant (NASDAQ : CTSH) est un concepteur d’IA et un fournisseur de services technologiques. Avec notre gamme de solutions IA full-stack, nous accompagnons nos clients au carrefour de l’investissement dans l’IA et de la valeur ajoutée. Notre grande expertise sectorielle, des processus et de l’ingénierie nous permet de convertir le contexte propre à chaque entreprise en systèmes technologiques amplificateurs du potentiel humain, générateurs de résultats tangibles et garants de l’avantage des acteurs internationaux dans un monde en constante évolution. Découvrez notre méthode sur www.cognizant.com ou suivez @cognizant.
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