Digital Application Engineering Test Team Lead

Digital Application Engineering Test Team Lead 

Must be a US Citizen or Green Card Holder

Job Description:

Lead a small validation team (2–3 engineers), including workload planning, task assignment, performance evaluation, and overall accountability for team deliverables

Provide technical guidance and ensure alignment with project goals and priorities

Provide technical support to OEM partners to integrate customers digital solutions from
development through release

Own end-to-end test execution, including test planning, execution, and result
documentation in a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system following Agile practices

Drive test quality and coverage across projects, ensuring test excellence—not just execution

Design and enhance test strategies, including over-the-air (OTA) and data acquisition
validation scenarios

Collaborate with project managers to track progress, timelines, and critical issues

Define and deliver reusable test artifacts and coverage metrics that remain valuable beyond the contract period

Develop automation tools to improve testing efficiency and expand test coverage

Establish test execution standards, including documentation, test bench management, and
progress reporting

Required Qualifications:

4-7 years of experience with testing / validation of digital solutions

Embedded/device validation — Advanced: Own end-to-end test execution, debug complex issues, and drive test quality across projects

OTA testing — Advanced: Design validation scenarios, identify edge cases, and ensure
reliability of software updates

Protocols (CAN / J1939 / UDS) — Intermediate: Analyze network communication, interpret
logs, and troubleshoot issues

CANalyzer / PCAN tools — Intermediate: Perform message simulation, develop scripts, and support test automation

Backend systems (Azure/AWS) — Basic: Understand system architecture and support endto-end integration testing

Test strategy & coverage — Advanced: Define test scope, improve coverage, and deliver
reusable test artifacts and metrics

Automation — Intermediate: Develop tools or scripts to improve efficiency and expand test coverage

Team leadership — Basic: Lead a small team, assign tasks, and mentor engineers
• OEM collaboration — Intermediate: Communicate technical issues clearly and support
partner integration activities

Documentation — Intermediate: Clearly document test results, issues, and technical
concepts for stakeholders

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems — Intermediate: Create, manage, and
maintain test artifacts, test results, and defect records within a PLM system

Agile practices — Intermediate: Plan and execute testing within Agile frameworks (e.g.,
sprint planning, backlog refinement, defect tracking), and provide clear progress updates

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience designing test frameworks or improving validation processes

Experience defining validation KPIs and coverage metrics

Familiarity with cloud–device integration architecture in telematics systems

Experience creating dashboards to track and communicate test progress and quality