Senior Vehicle Test & Validation Engineer – Offroad

Remote Genie; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Scout Motors Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineer for Whole Vehicle Test Requirements & Validation – Offroad & Towing. Based in the United States, this role centers on developing and validating interior and vehicle-wide test frameworks to ensure quality and reliability across rugged use cases.

You will lead cross-functional efforts, oversee test procedures, and coordinate with multiple teams while traveling to validation sites as needed. Salary ranges reflect market alignment and internal leveling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Human Factors Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in body interior testing, seating systems development, interior durability testing, or whole-vehicle validation.
• Experience developing and executing objective and subjective body interior test procedures.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, and execute whole-vehicle test cases focused on body interior systems and attributes, including seating systems, interior trim, cockpit systems, ergonomics, squeak and rattle performance, storage functionality, thermal comfort, and perceived quality.
• Translate body interior functional and attribute requirements into executable test procedures with clear acceptance criteria.
• Lead vehicle-level evaluations across proving grounds, public roads, environmental chambers, durability routes, customer usage simulations, and extreme climate conditions.
• Define and execute test plans for seats, consoles, instrument panels, door trims, headliners, interior lighting, HVAC interfaces, storage systems, occupant touchpoints, and interior durability performance.
• Coordinate with Body Interior, Seating, HVAC, Electrical, Safety, Manufacturing, Supplier Quality, UXUI, and Attribute teams to ensure cross-functional alignment on requirements and validation expectations.
• Prepare vehicles and instrumentation for interior evaluations, including microphones, accelerometers, thermal sensors, pressure mats, force gauges, vibration sensors, and data loggers.
• Benchmark competitive vehicles to quantify target performance for attributes such as fit and finish, tactile feel, squeak and rattle performance, ergonomics, seating comfort, usability, and perceived quality.
• Analyze objective and subjective test results, generate test reports, identify root causes, and support engineering teams in resolving issues.
• Maintain full traceability between requirements and test cases using CodeBeamer, Jama, Jira, or equivalent tools.

Skills

Test procedures

Cross-functional collaboration

Data acquisition

Requirements management

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical/Automotive/Systems Engineering

Tools

CodeBeamer

Jama

Polarion

DOORS

Job description

Scout Motors Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineer for Whole Vehicle Test Requirements & Validation – Offroad & Towing. Based in the United States, this role centers on developing and validating interior and vehicle-wide test frameworks to ensure quality and reliability across rugged use cases.

You will lead cross-functional efforts, oversee test procedures, and coordinate with multiple teams while traveling to validation sites as needed. Salary ranges reflect market alignment and internal leveling.