Senior Body Exterior Test & Validation Engineer

Paylocity; Novi, Northern (MI, KY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

EDAG in Novi, MI seeks an experienced Body Exterior Test & Validation Engineer to drive vehicle-level validation for closures, sealing, water management, and related systems. You will define strategies for extreme environments and high-mileage durability, and lead campaigns across proving grounds and public roads.

Responsibilities include creating test plans, translating targets into procedures, and ensuring traceability with measurement instrumentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in an engineering or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in whole-vehicle validation and vehicle-level testing.
• Hands-on experience with CANoe, INCA, and validation instrumentation.
• Experience defining vehicle test plans and tracking changes across fleets.
• Working knowledge of ALM/product tracking tools such as Jama, Polarion, DOORS or Codebeamer.
• Solid understanding of automotive development phases and safety standards.
• English proficiency at C1-C2 level and minimum 1 year contract experience.

Responsibilities

• Own whole-vehicle validation for body exterior systems and related components.
• Define validation strategies for extreme environmental exposure and durability.
• Establish validation routes, chamber profiles, and aero/vibration scenarios.
• Support cross-functional alignment across multiple vehicle teams.
• Develop vehicle-level test cases and translate targets into test procedures.
• Lead validation campaigns and data collection using sensors and measurement tools.
• Ensure requirement-to-test traceability and document results with sign-off recommendations.

Skills

Whole-vehicle validation

Test planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Human Factors/HCI, Software Engineering, or a related technical field

Tools

CANoe

INCA

Codebeamer/Jama/Jira

Job description

EDAG in Novi, MI seeks an experienced Body Exterior Test & Validation Engineer to drive vehicle-level validation for closures, sealing, water management, and related systems. You will define strategies for extreme environments and high-mileage durability, and lead campaigns across proving grounds and public roads.

Responsibilities include creating test plans, translating targets into procedures, and ensuring traceability with measurement instrumentation.