Senior Safety Integration Validation Engineer Lead – SDV Architecture (GPSSC) provides technical and leadership oversight for end-to-end integration and validation of Core ECUs and Infrastructure Functions within Software Defined Vehicle Architecture. This role involves translating infrastructure functional requirements into test intent, managing traceability and evidence across DNG, ETM, and Jira tools, and overseeing execution plans across benches, vehicles, and virtual environments. The position requires leading cross-functional issue triage, defining validation operating models, and mentoring the SIVE community to ensure compliance with safety and regulatory standards. Candidates must possess a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and experience in vehicle systems, integration, and testing. Key skills include proficiency in requirements management, root-cause analysis, and hardware/software correlation. The role addresses complex technical challenges in software-defined architectures, ensuring that core infrastructure functions meet rigorous safety and readiness milestones for large-scale automotive deployment.
Translate infrastructure functional requirements into executable test intent and coverage for SDV Architecture.
Manage traceability and evidence documentation across multiple tools to ensure audit-ready status at key milestones.
Oversee integration and system validation execution across benches, vehicles, and virtual environments.
Lead readiness, compliance, and governance discussions in forums such as ADV, PAR, and DVUL.
Lead cross-functional issue triage to resolve high-impact integration problems and support launch readiness.
Define and improve the operating model for system integration including roles, handshakes, and decision rights.
Mentor SIVE team members on technical depth, systems thinking, and execution discipline.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Computer, Systems, or related discipline).
5+ years of relevant engineering experience in vehicle systems, validation, integration, or testing with ownership of significant technical deliverables.
Strong knowledge of vehicle systems, interfaces, architecture variants, and failure modes.
Hands-on experience with system- or feature-level testing on benches, vehicles, and/or virtual test environments.
Experience owning or leading validation planning, execution, readiness assessment, and evidence closure for assigned scope.
Ability to interpret requirements and translate them into validation plans, test cases, acceptance criteria, and traceable evidence.
Proficiency with requirements, test management, traceability, and issue-tracking tools.
Proven experience leading cross-functional integration and validation efforts while mentoring and developing other engineers.
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