Engineering Lab & Validation Requirements Manager

The Role:

The Advanced Battery Systems Lab & Validation Requirements Manager defines and manages laboratory, reliability, and validation needs for new-technology battery systems, including low-voltage lithium-ion batteries, intelligent battery systems, battery electronics, and next-generation energy storage products.

• Convert system, hardware, software, functional, customer, and automotive electronics product validation requirements into DV/PV validation test specifications and test plans.

• Manage the engineering lab, equipment, capacity, and operational resources required to execute testing.

• Identify internal capability gaps and external test equipment or service needs.

• Assess technical personnel requirements for business and engineering support.

• Serve as construction project manager for new lab builds and expansions.

• Support functional verification using parametric testers, such as CANoe and vTESTstudio.

• Lead DV/PV validation management, qualification, contracting, and oversight of external laboratories and technical vendors in Mexico.

What You’ll Do (Impact Areas)

• Lab Strategy, Capability & Validation Planning:Define and manage laboratory needs based on product roadmap, system architecture, technical risk, and DV/PV demand; oversee lab operations, equipment readiness, capacity, maintenance, and utilization for electrical, environmental, durability, abuse, communication, and system integration testing; and develop DV/PV test specifications and plans with clear objectives, methods, setups, timing, and acceptance criteria.

• Reliability, Qualification & Technical Readiness:Assess reliability and qualification requirements for DV/PV across electrical loads, thermal conditions, vibration, environmental exposure, communication robustness, fault handling, and expected product life, ensuring test coverage supports design maturity, customer and regulatory expectations, and release readiness.

• Lab Construction, Expansion & External Test Ecosystem:Act as project manager for new lab construction and expansion—defining scope, technical requirements, layouts, schedule, budget, risks, and installation readiness—while identifying external test equipment and service needs, qualifying Mexico laboratories and vendors, and supporting technical agreements, SOWs, and contracts for outsourced validation.

• Resource & Capability Planning:Manage the technical personnel, equipment, and operational resources required for lab operations, validation planning, test execution, and vendor coordination; identify capability and capacity gaps; and recommend hiring, training, outsourcing, calibration, maintenance, or infrastructure actions.

• Compliance, Safety & Digital Verification:Ensure readiness against IATF 16949, ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 17025, ISO 26262, and ISO 21434 principles, and support functional verification of battery systems using parametric testers, such as CANoe and vTESTstudio, for communication-based testing, automated execution, and result assessment.

What Success Looks Like

• Completeness and timeliness of DV/PV lab needs and validation planning deliverables.

• DV/PV reliability and validation coverage versus product and program requirements.

• Readiness, utilization, and availability of lab equipment and test capability.

• Accuracy and timeliness of technical personnel assessments and resource readiness.

• On-time and on-budget delivery of lab construction and expansion projects.

• Qualification cycle time and performance of external vendors in Mexico.

Core Competencies

• Advanced battery systems DV/PV validation, reliability, and engineering lab management.

• Knowledge of automotive electronics product validation requirements and DV/PV validation management.

• DV/PV validation test specification and test plan development at system and subsystem level.

• Knowledge of lithium-ion, battery electronics, and communication-based functional verification.

• Working knowledge of parametric testers, such as CANoe and vTESTstudio, for test definition, execution, and result review.

• Management of lab equipment, capacity, maintenance, calibration, and operational resources.

• Assessment of external test equipment, outsourced services, and Mexico lab/vendor ecosystems.

• Technical staffing assessment, resource planning, and cross-functional stakeholder management.

• Lab construction or expansion project management.

• Knowledge of quality and automotive standards such as IATF 16949, ISO/IEC 17025, ISO 26262, and ISO 21434.

• Strong analytical, documentation, negotiation, and communication skills.

What You Bring (Qualifications)

• Education:Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Reliability Engineering, or equivalent.

• 8+ years in DV/PV validation, reliability, laboratory operations, engineering lab management, or engineering project management.

• Experience with advanced battery systems, such as lithium-ion batteries, intelligent battery systems, battery electronics, or related electro-electronic products.

• Experience with automotive electronics product validation requirements and DV/PV validation management.

• Experience defining DV/PV validation test specifications and validation test plans.

• Experience managing lab capability, equipment, operational resources, and external test solutions.

• Experience assessing technical staffing needs and supporting workforce planning.

• Experience managing lab construction or expansion projects and working with external laboratories, equipment suppliers, or contractors in Mexico.

• Working knowledge of parametric testers, such as CANoe and vTESTstudio, or equivalent tools for communication-based functional verification.