EV Vehicle Systems Integration & Test Lead

Ford; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 167,200 - 316,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Parental leave

Vehicle discount

Job summary

Ford is seeking a highly motivated Vehicle Integration and Software Test Lead to drive the integration roadmap and test strategy for our electric vehicle platform, spanning powertrain, battery management, charging, infotainment, and ADAS.

As a hands-on leader, you will coordinate cross-functional teams across software, hardware, validation, manufacturing and suppliers, own test plans, and ensure on-time delivery for 150+ vehicles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, CS, EE, or a related field.
• 7+ years of automotive software, vehicle integration, or related roles.
• Strong understanding of vehicle architecture and embedded systems.
• Experience with CAN, LIN, Ethernet, diagnostics, and software release processes.
• Hands-on troubleshooting of vehicle systems and test failures.
• Experience developing or executing software test plans for vehicle/embedded systems.
• Familiarity with automotive development tools and processes.
• Strong cross-functional communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the vehicle integration roadmap and software test strategy, including validation plans, regression coverage, and vehicle-level test plans.
• Align integration and test activities with program milestones, hardware/software roadmaps, dependencies, and delivery timing.
• Lead cross-functional coordination between software, systems, electrical, mechanical, validation, manufacturing, technicians, operators, and suppliers.
• Serve as the central technical point of contact for vehicle integration and software test topics.
• Lead vehicle-level software integration and testing across major domains, including powertrain, battery management, charging, infotainment, body controls, ADAS, and connectivity.
• Partner with software and systems engineering teams to develop and execute embedded and vehicle-level test plans.
• Lead pre-merge and post-merge vehicle-level testing, regression strategy, dogfooding activities, and defect closure.
• Support software release planning and integration testing across a fleet of 150+ vehicles.
• Plan test fleet utilization, including retrofits, instrumentation, vehicle shipping, and offsite testing at locations such as winter testing, MPG, and APG.
• Coordinate prototype and production build bring-up, validation, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
• Establish integration and software test processes, tools, dashboards, and best practices for a growing engineering organization.
• Support calibration, tuning, data collection, logging, A2L, XCP/ATI usage, and vehicle attribute evaluations.
• Own software maturity gate sign-off for track release, road release, customer release readiness, and launch milestones.
• Document integration status, test results, risks, dependencies, and provide regular updates to engineering and program leadership.
• Escalate risks and recommend tradeoffs across quality, cost, schedule, and regression coverage.

Skills

Vehicle integration

Software testing

Embedded systems

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Multi-priority handling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Tools

CAN/LIN/Ethernet tooling

Diagnostic tooling

OTA updates knowledge

Job description

Ford is seeking a highly motivated Vehicle Integration and Software Test Lead to drive the integration roadmap and test strategy for our electric vehicle platform, spanning powertrain, battery management, charging, infotainment, and ADAS.

As a hands-on leader, you will coordinate cross-functional teams across software, hardware, validation, manufacturing and suppliers, own test plans, and ensure on-time delivery for 150+ vehicles.