Vehicle Fleet Integration Engineer

Jobtailor; Milford (MO); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor at Milford Proving Ground seeks a senior Fleet Exposure Program Manager to lead governance, demonstrations, and integration readiness across internal exposure, external beta, and Fielded Product Fleet programs. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, translate feedback into roadmaps, define success criteria, and drive data‑driven decisions with dashboards and metrics.

This hybrid, on‑site role requires strong communication, program management discipline, and the ability to operate

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of professional experience in vehicle integration, vehicle development, software development, lab/facility, or fleet-related engineering roles.
• Hands-on experience with vehicle integration, vehicle systems engineering, or related readiness workflows.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional projects from concept through implementation, with measurable impact on quality, efficiency, or customer experience.
• Experience supporting vehicle program launches, including readiness planning, issue resolution, milestone coordination, and cross-functional execution.
• Strong systems thinking skills bridging vehicle integration, software development, fleet management, and facilities.
• Ability to analyze data, build simple models or dashboards, and use insights to drive decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with ability to prepare status reports and leadership updates.
• Ability to independently lead cross-functional initiatives with limited direction and influence stakeholders without direct authority.
• Enterprise ownership with proactive follow-through and accountability.
• Ability to work in a hybrid environment with frequent on-site presence at Milford Proving Ground.
• Ability to legally operate a motor vehicle and pass MV review.

Responsibilities

• Fleet Exposure Governance & Demonstration Coordination: Design and execute initiatives that enhance developer and driver experience across internal exposure, external beta, and Fielded Product Fleet (FPF) programs.
• Lead development and ongoing refinement of fleet exposure plans, ensuring clear objectives, target personas, timing, and success criteria across development, CTF, FPF, PEP, and customer beta where applicable.
• Support execution of exposure plans in partnership with fleet, integration, quality, CVO, product, and vehicle program teams, ensuring vehicles, software, drivers, and instrumentation are aligned to plan.
• Lead coordination of demonstrations and drive events that showcase new software, services, and capabilities for internal stakeholders and leadership, ensuring readiness of vehicles, spaces, and supporting materials.
• Translate customer, driver, and program team feedback into requirements, roadmaps, and experiments to improve fleet workflows, tooling, and communications.
• Vehicle Integration & Launch Readiness: Support engineering projects that improve software integration spaces — covering layout, infrastructure requirements, tooling, and operational processes.
• Define and pilot integration workflows that improve cycle time from build to flash to drive, including handoffs between integration labs, triage, fleet teams, and drivers.
• Support readiness deliverables through key development and launch milestones, including planning, coordination, issue follow-up, and cross-functional execution.
• Support development and documentation of repeatable playbooks, standard work, and templates that can be scaled across locations.
• Tooling, Data, and Analytics: Specify and validate tools, dashboards, and data flows that improve fleet visibility and decision-making across vehicle readiness, utilization, health, status, exposure coverage, and spend.
• Work with data and IT partners to integrate vehicle, software, and usage data (e.g., GVBE, fleet tools, triage systems) into practical views for program teams and leadership.
• Use analytics to identify bottlenecks, quantify benefits, and recommend next-step investments in fleets, integration processes, and readiness execution.
• Program & Stakeholder Management: Own end-to-end delivery for assigned initiatives, including scope definition, requirements, timing plans, risk tracking, and metric definition.
• Build alignment across product, program, engineering, quality, fleet, and operations stakeholders to support timely decisions and coordinated execution.
• Create clear, concise executive-ready summaries of project status, risks, readiness concerns, and recommendations using visuals and metrics.
• Champion change management for new processes and tools, ensuring stakeholders are trained, engaged, and supported through rollout.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field

Job description

Responsibilities and Initiatives

• Fleet Exposure Governance & Demonstration Coordination: Design and execute initiatives that enhance developer and driver experience across internal exposure, external beta, and Fielded Product Fleet (FPF) programs.
• Lead development and ongoing refinement of fleet exposure plans, ensuring clear objectives, target personas, timing, and success criteria across development, CTF, FPF, PEP, and customer beta where applicable.
• Support execution of exposure plans in partnership with fleet, integration, quality, CVO, product, and vehicle program teams, ensuring vehicles, software, drivers, and instrumentation are aligned to plan.
• Lead coordination of demonstrations and drive events that showcase new software, services, and capabilities for internal stakeholders and leadership, ensuring readiness of vehicles, spaces, and supporting materials.
• Translate customer, driver, and program team feedback into requirements, roadmaps, and experiments to improve fleet workflows, tooling, and communications.
• Vehicle Integration & Launch Readiness: Support engineering projects that improve software integration spaces — covering layout, infrastructure requirements, tooling, and operational processes.
• Define and pilot integration workflows that improve cycle time from build to flash to drive, including handoffs between integration labs, triage, fleet teams, and drivers.
• Support readiness deliverables through key development and launch milestones, including planning, coordination, issue follow-up, and cross-functional execution.
• Support development and documentation of repeatable playbooks, standard work, and templates that can be scaled across locations.
• Tooling, Data, and Analytics: Specify and validate tools, dashboards, and data flows that improve fleet visibility and decision-making across vehicle readiness, utilization, health, status, exposure coverage, and spend.
• Work with data and IT partners to integrate vehicle, software, and usage data (e.g., GVBE, fleet tools, triage systems) into practical views for program teams and leadership.
• Use analytics to identify bottlenecks, quantify benefits, and recommend next-step investments in fleets, integration processes, and readiness execution.
• Program & Stakeholder Management: Own end-to-end delivery for assigned initiatives, including scope definition, requirements, timing plans, risk tracking, and metric definition.
• Build alignment across product, program, engineering, quality, fleet, and operations stakeholders to support timely decisions and coordinated execution.
• Create clear, concise executive-ready summaries of project status, risks, readiness concerns, and recommendations using visuals and metrics.
• Champion change management for new processes and tools, ensuring stakeholders are trained, engaged, and supported through rollout.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.
• 5+ years of professional experience in vehicle integration, vehicle development, software development, lab/facility, or fleet-related engineering roles.
• Hands‑on experience with at least one of the following: Vehicle integration, vehicle systems engineering, or development vehicle readiness, or Engineering vehicle fleets (ordering, deployment, utilization, or maintenance), or Software integration / validation / release workflows, or Lab, garage, or facility transformation / operations.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross‑functional projects from concept through implementation, with measurable impact on quality, efficiency, or customer experience.
• Experience supporting vehicle program launches, including readiness planning, issue resolution, milestone coordination, and cross-functional execution.
• Strong systems thinking skills, with the ability to connect vehicle integration, software development, fleet management, and facilities domains into coherent solutions.
• Proven ability to analyze data, build simple models or dashboards, and use insights to drive decisions and influence stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including preparing clear status reports, leadership presentations, and concise decision‑ready updates.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead cross‑functional initiatives from problem definition through execution and closure, with limited direction.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders without direct authority and build alignment across teams with differing priorities.
• Demonstrated enterprise ownership, with proactive follow‑through, risk identification, and accountability for next steps and closure.
• Ability to work effectively in a hybrid environment with frequent on‑site presence at Milford Proving Ground.
• Ability to legally operate a motor vehicle on a regular basis and successfully complete a Motor Vehicle Report review.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in vehicle integration, software development, and fleet management, with a strong focus on cross‑functional project leadership and data‑driven decision‑making. Proven ability to enhance developer and driver experiences through effective program management and stakeholder alignment.