Lead Software Engineer - Validation Solutions, Automation & Analytics

PACCAR; Mount Vernon (WA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and 401k match

Fully funded pension plan

Paid time off (vacation/holidays/sick)

Job summary

PACCAR is seeking a hands-on Lead Software Engineer for the Validation team at the PACCAR Technical Center to design and deliver automation, data pipelines, portals, dashboards, and AI-enabled capabilities that improve validation efficiency, consistency, and quality. You will own solution architecture and software delivery quality.

This role requires strong software engineering, systems thinking, and ability to mentor engineers, influence cross-functional decisions, and work across Microsoft

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years engineering with 5+ years in software/data/platform/automation engineering and hands-on leadership.
• Advanced experience with Python and SQL.
• Systems thinking and architectural judgment across software, data, interfaces, security, and operations with production software delivery experience.
• Experience integrating enterprise systems via APIs, services, databases, or lakehouse platforms with lifecycle support.
• Experience creating portals, dashboards, analytics apps, reports, or engineering interfaces with usable data visualization.
• Ability to lead through influence, review designs, mentor contributors, and collaborate across validation, engineering, and enterprise teams.
• Willingness to travel up to 10%.
• Experience with C#/.NET and TypeScript/JavaScript is preferred; Microsoft ecosystem integration is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assess validation workflows, data, tools, reporting needs, access constraints, and inefficiencies; define a phased technical roadmap for shared solutions.
• Own end-to-end architecture, strategy, delivery, adoption, and lifecycle of validation software, data platforms, and automation solutions.
• Evaluate and leverage existing enterprise platforms and APIs; integrate capabilities across Microsoft ecosystem and PACCAR systems.
• Lead design, development, testing, deployment, and support of production-quality software and data solutions.
• Define scalable, secure data pipelines and access patterns linking vehicle, test, measurement, and engineering data.
• Design portals, dashboards, analytics apps, reports, and UIs for actionable validation data with standardized metrics.
• Create reusable tools, frameworks, services, data products, and AI-enabled capabilities across teams.
• Establish modern engineering practices for architecture, code quality, CI/CD, security, monitoring, and documentation.

Skills

Python

SQL

Software engineering

Architectural thinking

Mentoring

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Software Engineering

Tools

Azure

Power BI

Power Platform

Microsoft 365

Git

Job description

Requisition Summary

The Validation team at the PACCAR Technical Center is seeking a hands-on Lead Software Engineer to develop software and data solutions that improve validation efficiency, consistency, and quality. Working within the validation organization, this role will define and deliver automation, standardized reporting, data pipelines, portals, dashboards, engineering toolchains, user interfaces, and appropriate AI-enabled capabilities. The ideal candidate combines strong software engineering with systems-level architectural thinking and can convert validation needs into secure, reusable, and supportable solutions. Validation teams own validation methods and priorities; this role owns solution architecture, technical direction, and software delivery quality.

Company Information

PACCAR is a Fortune 500 company established in 1905. PACCAR Inc is recognized as a global leader in the commercial vehicle, financial, and customer service fields with internationally recognized brands such as Kenworth, Peterbilt, and DAF trucks. PACCAR is a global technology leader in the design, manufacture and customer support of high-quality light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates. PACCAR designs and manufactures advanced diesel engines andalso provides customized financial services, information technology and truck parts related to its principal business. Whether you want to design the transportation technology of tomorrow, support the staff functions of a dynamic, international leader, or build our excellent products and services - you can develop the career you desire with PACCAR.

Job Functions / Responsibilities

• Assess validation workflows, data, tools, reporting needs, access constraints, and inefficiencies, then define a phased technical roadmap for shared solutions that reduce manual effort and improve consistency, traceability, and reuse.
• Own the end-to-end architecture, technical strategy, delivery, adoption, and lifecycle of validation software, data platforms, and automation solutions, setting direction across reporting, data pipelines, portals, services, development toolchains, analytics, user interfaces, and enterprise integrations.
• Evaluate and leverage existing enterprise platforms, shared services, data sources, and APIs before developing new standalone solutions, integrating capabilities across the Microsoft ecosystem and other established PACCAR systems where appropriate.
• Lead and contribute to the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of production-quality software and data solutions.
• Define scalable, secure data pipelines and access patterns that connect vehicle, test, measurement, engineering-tool, and business data into governed, traceable, and reusable data products.
• Design portals, dashboards, analytics applications, reports, and user interfaces that make validation data understandable and actionable through consistent metrics, shared definitions, and standardized reporting methods.
• Create reusable tools, frameworks, services, data products, and AI-enabled capabilities that become shared validation infrastructure, accelerate engineering delivery, improve decision quality, and reduce duplicated effort across teams.
• Establish and drive organization-wide adoption of modern engineering practices for architecture and code quality, source control, automated testing, continuous integration and deployment, security, monitoring, documentation, and operational support, removing systemic bottlenecks and raising the standard for software delivery.
• Provide technical leadership across organizational boundaries, influence investment and architectural decisions, mentor and develop engineers, resolve complex cross-system issues, and build durable organizational capability that reduces key-person dependency while aligning solutions with PACCAR architecture, cybersecurity, data-governance, and operational requirements.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of engineering experience with a minimum of 5 years of software, data, platform, or automation engineering experience, including substantial hands-on development and technical leadership.
• Advanced recent experience with Python and SQL.
• Demonstrated systems thinking and architectural judgment across software, data, interfaces, users, security, and operations, with experience delivering production software, data pipelines, automation, and user-facing data products.
• Experience integrating existing enterprise systems through APIs, services, databases, or lakehouse platforms, along with source control, automated testing, deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle support.
• Experience creating portals, dashboards, analytics applications, reports, or engineering interfaces with attention to usability and effective data visualization.
• Ability to lead through influence, review technical designs and code, mentor contributors, communicate tradeoffs, and work effectively across validation, engineering, and enterprise teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to travel up to 10%.
• Experience with C#/.NET for Microsoft and enterprise-platform integration; TypeScript or JavaScript experience for portal and user-interface development is preferred.
• Experience integrating and extending Microsoft platforms and tools, including Azure, Power Platform, Power BI, Microsoft 365, and related cloud or hybrid services preferred.
• Experience with vehicle, test, measurement, telemetry, calibration, or validation data, and with machine-learning or AI solutions preferred

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, data engineering, or a related computing discipline

Paccar Benefits

• Competitive salary and 401k with up to a 5% company match
• Fully funded pension plan that provides monthly benefits after retirement
• Comprehensive paid time off - Minimum of 10 paid vacation days, 12 paid holidays, and sick leave
• Tuition reimbursement for continued education
• Medical, dental, and vision plans for you and your family
• Flexible spending accounts (FSA) and health savings account (HSA)
• Paid short-and long-term disability program
• Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• EAP services including wellness plans, estate planning, financial counseling and more
• Global Fortune 500 company with a wide array of growth and development opportunities
• Work alongside experienced goal-oriented colleagues recognized as experts in their field

Additional Job Board Information

PACCAR is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veteran/Disability. At PACCAR, we value talent and promote growth and development. Visa sponsorship or immigration support is not available for this position. Candidates must be currently authorized to work in the United States and able to maintain that authorization throughout their employment without requiring employer sponsorship. We carefully consider numerous compensation factors, including your education, training, or experience. The salary range for "Lead Software Engineer - Validation Solutions, Automation & Analytics " is $104,100 - $162,900 annually. Additionally, this role is eligible for a full range of benefit options listed above.