Sr. Staff Engineer - Verification & Validation Lead

Serve as Verification & Validation Lead for a strategic ADAS turnkey customer program.

Originally posted 28 September 2026 by the employer.

About the role

This role owns Verification & Validation across multiple ADAS stack variants and three ECU platforms, spanning Qualcomm software, customer software integrations, mixed middleware environments, system integration, platform validation, release qualification, simulation, SIL, HIL and vehicle testing.

What you'll do

• Define, align, and continuously improve the overall V&V strategy, governance model, and quality targets for ADAS programs.
• Translate project, release, customer, and quality expectations into clear V&V goals, roadmaps, maturity targets, and ramp-up plans.
• Organize global V&V teams in a scalable matrix structure that balances project delivery with reusable test platforms, methods, and expertise.
• Drive scalable test strategies across core and application V&V, including test focus, variant handling, system-under-test differences, and project-specific needs.
• Lead global execution across software verification, system validation, simulation, SIL, HIL, vehicle testing, and release qualification.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and guidance to V&V engineers, test leads, and cross-functional contributors across global teams.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience, OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience, OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
• Strong experience with ADAS or automated-driving systems and production-oriented V&V activities.
• Expert knowledge of test strategy, test planning, test execution, quality assessment, and release-readiness reporting.
• Demonstrated experience with system-level validation across several of the following: software, simulation, SIL, HIL, vehicle, data-driven or release-qualification testing.
• Strong understanding of automotive development, safety and quality frameworks, including ASPICE, ISO 26262, and SOTIF.
• Experience defining and tracking V&V KPIs, maturity levels, coverage metrics, defect indicators, and software quality measures.

Nice to have

• 12 years of experience in automotive software, systems verification, validation, test engineering or a related domain.
• 8 years of experience leading global engineering teams or organizations in a cross-functional or matrix environment.
• Experience leading V&V for production ADAS or autonomous-driving customer programs across multiple platforms or product variants.
• Experience defining requirements-to-test traceability, automated test evidence, and reporting workflows.
• Familiarity with homologation, rating or regulatory expectations.
• Experience working with OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers on responsibility alignment, platform integration, customer acceptance and technical negotiation.
• Familiarity with requirements management, test management, issue tracking, CI, data and reporting toolchains.
• Programming or scripting skills in Python, C/C++ or MATLAB.

Skills: ADAS, V&V strategy, ISO 26262, ASPICE, functional safety

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