Connected Car Validation lead - TATA Elxsi, Pune

Tata Elxsi; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Elxsi in Pune seeks a Senior Validation Engineer for Connected Car and Telematics programs. You will lead end-to-end validation, define strategies, and coordinate testing across TCU, cloud services, mobile apps, and backend platforms.

You will drive test automation, ensure traceability from requirements to tests, manage defects, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring Automotive SPICE, cybersecurity, and functional safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Lead end-to-end validation for Connected Car and Telematics programs.
• Define validation strategy, scope, schedules, milestones, and deliverables for connected vehicle features.
• Coordinate functional, integration, system, regression, OTA, and vehicle-level testing activities.
• Lead validation of connectivity features such as eCall, bCall, remote vehicle control, remote diagnostics, geofencing, vehicle tracking, and subscription services.
• Review customer requirements and develop validation plans, test specifications, and test cases.
• Ensure complete requirements-to-test traceability and validation coverage.
• Manage defect triage, root cause analysis, and resolution tracking with development teams.
• Track validation KPIs, test execution progress, defect metrics, and quality targets.
• Coordinate with OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, cloud teams, mobile app teams, and backend development teams.
• Ensure compliance with Automotive SPICE, Cybersecurity, Functional Safety, and OEM quality processes.
• Review and approve test reports, validation summaries, and release recommendations.
• Manage project risks, issues, resource planning, and escalation activities.
• Drive test automation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support field trials, customer acceptance testing, and production launch activities.
• Mentor validation engineers and provide technical leadership.
• Support customer audits, program reviews, and quality assessments.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end validation activities for Connected Car and Telematics programs.
• Define validation strategy, scope, schedules, milestones, and deliverables for connected vehicle features.
• Coordinate functional, integration, system, regression, OTA, and vehicle-level testing activities.
• Lead validation of connectivity features such as eCall, bCall, remote vehicle control, remote diagnostics, geofencing, vehicle tracking, and subscription services.
• Review customer requirements and develop validation plans, test specifications, and test cases.
• Ensure complete requirements-to-test traceability and validation coverage.
• Manage defect triage, root cause analysis, and resolution tracking with development teams.
• Track validation KPIs, test execution progress, defect metrics, and quality targets.
• Coordinate with OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, cloud teams, mobile app teams, and backend development teams.
• Ensure compliance with Automotive SPICE, Cybersecurity, Functional Safety, and OEM quality processes.
• Review and approve test reports, validation summaries, and release recommendations.
• Manage project risks, issues, resource planning, and escalation activities.
• Drive test automation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support field trials, customer acceptance testing, and production launch activities.
• Mentor validation engineers and provide technical leadership.
• Support customer audits, program reviews, and quality assessments.

Skills

Connected Car

Telematics

TCU validation

Cloud‑to‑Vehicle integration

OTA validation

Remote vehicle functions

Vehicle diagnostics

CAN/UDS diagnostics

Cybersecurity validation

Requirements management

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

DOORS

Postman

API testing tools

Wireshark

ADB

Job description

Role & responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end validation activities for Connected Car and Telematics programs.
• Define validation strategy, scope, schedules, milestones, and deliverables for connected vehicle features.
• Manage validation of TCU, cloud services, mobile applications, backend platforms, and vehicle integrations.
• Coordinate functional, integration, system, regression, OTA, and vehicle-level testing activities.
• Lead validation of connectivity features such as eCall, bCall, remote vehicle control, remote diagnostics, geofencing, vehicle tracking, and subscription services.
• Review customer requirements and develop validation plans, test specifications, and test cases.
• Ensure complete requirements-to-test traceability and validation coverage.
• Manage defect triage, root cause analysis, and resolution tracking with development teams.
• Track validation KPIs, test execution progress, defect metrics, and quality targets.
• Coordinate with OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, cloud teams, mobile app teams, and backend development teams.
• Ensure compliance with Automotive SPICE, Cybersecurity, Functional Safety, and OEM quality processes.
• Review and approve test reports, validation summaries, and release recommendations.
Manage project risks, issues, resource planning, and escalation activities.
• Drive test automation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support field trials, customer acceptance testing, and production launch activities.
• Mentor validation engineers and provide technical leadership.
• Support customer audits, program reviews, and quality assessments.

Preferred candidate profile

• Connected Car and Telematics validation, TCU validation and testing
• Cloud-to-Vehicle integration testing, Mobile App (Android/iOS) validation
• OTA update validation, Remote vehicle functions testing
• Vehicle diagnostics and telematics services
• CAN, LIN, Ethernet and UDS diagnostics
• Automotive Cybersecurity (ISO/SAE 21434)
• Requirements management and traceability
• Vector CANoe and CANalyzer
• Jira and Azure DevOps, DOORS
• Postman and API testing tools
• Wireshark network analyzer
• ADB and mobile debugging tools
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Test automation frameworks and scripting tools
• Automotive SPICE, V-Model development lifecycle
• Cybersecurity validation processes
• Defect management lifecycle
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Quality audits and compliance