V&V Governance Engineer — Hybrid & Data-Driven Quality

Ford-Motor-Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Family care and parental leave

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Paid time off

Job summary

Ford Motor Company’s EVDD team seeks an assessment-capable V&V Governance QOS Engineer to strengthen verification and validation governance, automate audit readiness, and apply analytics to identify risk before it affects program delivery.

This role focuses on aligning V&V execution to ISO standards and Ford procedures, building dashboards, and leading cross-functional actions across quality, safety, software, and program teams. Hybrid onsite work available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience defining, deploying, or assessing V&V, quality, safety, or regulated engineering processes.
• Working knowledge of FAP03-149 or equivalent DV/PV governance, including verification planning and evidence reviews.
• Assessment-capable knowledge of ISO 26262, Automotive SPICE, and/or ISO 8800 with ability to drive corrective actions.
• Ability to build or govern dashboards, metrics, and audit automation using data-driven methods.
• Experience with quality predictive analytics, trend analysis, and risk modeling.

Responsibilities

• Define, maintain, and improve V&V QOS processes, governance routines, templates, and assessment criteria aligned to standards.
• Map Agile artifacts to formal DV/PV and Software Test Plan expectations, including evidence retention and deviation handling.
• Own end-to-end traceability rules and automate checks for missing links and assessment readiness gaps.
• Lead tool confidence and evidence governance for systems used to create, manage, or report verification evidence.
• Develop dashboards, KPIs/KRIs, audit automation, and quality predictive analytics to identify leading indicators and risk.
• Drive corrective/preventive actions and stakeholder alignment across V&V, quality, safety, software, and program teams.

Skills

Governance

Dashboards

Traceability

Data analytics

Communication

Stakeholder alignment

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent

Tools

Workflow automation

Test management systems

Job description

Ford Motor Company’s EVDD team seeks an assessment-capable V&V Governance QOS Engineer to strengthen verification and validation governance, automate audit readiness, and apply analytics to identify risk before it affects program delivery.

This role focuses on aligning V&V execution to ISO standards and Ford procedures, building dashboards, and leading cross-functional actions across quality, safety, software, and program teams. Hybrid onsite work available.