Automotive Test Manager

Multinational Company; Lewisville (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Multinational Company seeks an experienced automotive connectivity engineer for validation and test leadership across EU/NA teams. You will drive end-to-end testing, coordinate Scrum and Waterfall streams, and manage integration complexity in multi-supplier environments.

The role requires J1939, CAN, UDS knowledge and hands-on CANoe usage, plus capacity planning, defect management, and metrics reporting to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Experience on large automotive connectivity projects; preferred in commercial vehicles.
• Knowledge of J1939, CAN, UDS; experience with CAN simulation tools such as Vector CANoe.
• Proven test management, integration testing, and end-to-end validation in multi-team environments.
• Ability to coordinate Scrum and Waterfall streams, managing integration complexity.
• Strong supplier coordination, maintaining SW stability and delivery risk.
• Experience defining and enforcing quality gates and pass/fail thresholds.
• Capacity planning, defect management, and metrics-driven reporting.
• Cross-regional collaboration (EU/NA) with cross-training expectations.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

CANoe

Job description

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Software Engineering, Computer Science or related areas.
• Experience in large automotive projects in connectivity, telematics space is a must. Preferred experience with commercial vehicles.
• Understanding of J1939, CAN, UDS is required, along with experience in working with CAN simulation tools such as Vector CANoe.
• Proven experience in test management, integration testing, and E2E validation in a multi-team environment.
• Ability to coordinate across Scrum delivery teams and Waterfall (Supplier) workstreams, managing integration complexity.
• Strong supplier coordination capability (managing supplier SW stability and delivery risk).
• Experience defining and enforcing quality gates and pass/fail thresholds.
• Capacity planning, defect management, and metrics-driven reporting skills.
• Cross-regional collaboration (EU/NA), with cross-training expectation between EU and NA TMs to avoid single-point-of-failure risk.