Lead Electronic Verification & Validation Engineer
About the role
The Lead Electronic Verification and Validation Engineer will spearhead the validation of advanced IMUs and sensing solutions for Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies' off-highway equipment. This role bridges the gap between digital design and physical performance, ensuring cutting-edge electronic systems meet the most demanding real-world environments.
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain verification and validation plans (DVP&R) for IMUs, angle sensors, and related components.
Translate product requirements and design risks into structured, risk-based validation strategies and test coverage.
Ensure validation coverage addresses performance, functional behavior, environmental robustness, durability, and reliability requirements.
Lead the application of FMEA outputs into validation planning, ensuring all identified risks are mapped to appropriate verification and validation activities with defined acceptance criteria.
Plan and coordinate validation activities across multiple venues, including simulation, bench and lab testing, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), environmental testing, machine-level testing, and field/application testing.
Review and analyze validation results to ensure completeness, technical correctness, and traceability.
Support program milestone reviews with concise validation status updates.
Own validation completeness assessment and provide recommendations on product readiness for design release based on validation evidence and residual risk.
Work closely with Product Managers, Technical Leads, Systems Engineers, Firmware Engineers, Manufacturing, and Program Managers.
Align validation plans with program schedules, product maturity, and resource availability.
Support multiple concurrent development and sustaining programs across the product portfolio.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Understanding of electronic product development across multiple disciplines (electrical, mechanical, firmware, systems).
Familiarity with validation methods including lab, simulation, environmental, and machine testing.
Familiarity with durability and reliability engineering concepts.
Basic understanding of functional safety and cybersecurity concepts as they relate to validation.
Experience developing or executing test plans and DVP&R-based validation activities.
Working knowledge of FMEA-driven validation planning and risk mitigation traceability.
Ability to define test coverage based on requirements and product risk.
Ability to coordinate validation activities across multiple programs and test environments.
Experience working with cross-functional engineering teams and external test providers.
Ability to manage priorities across concurrent projects.
Communication skills to clearly communicate test status, results, and technical findings.
Experience producing structured test reports and validation documentation.
Comfortable presenting in program reviews.
Qualifications
Technical validation judgment directly influences product release decisions and field performance.
Define and execute how electronic sensing systems are verified under real-world conditions, ensuring robust performance across demanding off-highway applications.
Skills
IMUs, MEMS sensors, or automotive/off-highway sensing systems.
Reliability or durability validation experience.
Structured validation systems (DVP&R, gated development processes) experience.
Strong hands-on lab or machine testing experience.
Benefits
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