Validation Project Chief Automotive

Job Title: Validation Project Chief Automotive
Cognizant Mobility is the premier automotive engineering services division of Cognizant that is focused on smart connected vehicle engineering and software delivery. 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.

The VPC Responsibility 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.

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
• Manage team budgets and tasks

BS in Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent
• 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
• Ability to multitask many assignments and coordinate testing for numerous validation test engineers and programs
• 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

Develop the program budget and timeline
• Commissioning of the Test Properties – Plywood Buck, HIL, Vehicles
• Manage all series cards and bulletin impact to the budget (manpower, equipment, vehicles, etc.) 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.
• 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
• Review bulletins and change requests, develop validation timing for changes and provide detailed information to the validation team for validation planning
• Support assembly plant warranty, quality, and reliability meetings
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