Sr. Specialist/TPM – L1 Test Management

What you’ll do

• Lead planning and execution of vehicle-level and lab-car feature (FIP) and integration readiness activities across SDV development programs.
• Experience with vehicle architecture, networks, integration frameworks to coordinate hardware, software, firmware, calibration, and network configuration readiness for integration vehicles and lab-car platforms.
• Track vehicle build status, ECU availability, software branch alignment, flashing readiness, and feature integration maturity.
• Drive Agile execution across integration and validation teams including sprint planning, backlog management, and dependency tracking.
• Manage vehicle software release schedules, integration branches, and deployment milestones.
• Track engineering changes, software updates, ECU revisions, and feature readiness across vehicle programs.
• Lead issue triage, prioritization, defect tracking, risk mitigation, and release blocker resolution.
• Support bring-up and stabilization of integration vehicles, benches, and lab-car systems for validation activities across prototype, mule, validation, and pre-production vehicle fleets.
• Ensure validation readiness including test hardware availability, software deployment, calibration alignment, and diagnostics configuration.
• Track regression testing, feature validation, release acceptance criteria, and validation coverage metrics.
• Support OTA validation, diagnostics verification, secure flashing readiness, and software deployment validation workflows.
• Develop and maintain integration dashboards, lab-car readiness trackers, release metrics, and validation KPIs.
• Provide executive-level updates on vehicle integration status, software maturity, technical risks, and validation progress.
• Drive data-based escalation management and cross-functional decision-making.
• Support launch readiness reviews, integration war rooms, and technical milestone reporting.

Location & Travel Expectations

• This role may be based out of the Scout Motors corporate headquarters in Charlotte, NC.
• This role requires 4-5 days per week in the office, with regular in-person meetings and events.

What you’ll bring

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with 10+ yrs. of experience.
• Strong understanding of vehicle E/E architecture and ECU-level software stacks, automotive communication protocols (CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet), UDS diagnostics (ISO 14229) and diagnostic communication tools.
• Expert knowledge of Jira, GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins, and Artifactory.ALM/PLM.
• Strong understanding, development and verification of plant and control models in MATLAB/Simulink for execution in hardware in the loop test environment, dSpace control desk and automation desk.
• Strong understanding of 1st principles in Engineering, result/solution oriented.
• Familiarity with SW for embedded systems, EE systems and architecture.
• Familiarity with A2B, CAN, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, LVDS communication protocols and Vehicle Network tools, such as CANalyzer, CANoe, etc.
• Expertise with complex problem solving, data analysis, access/interpret/drive results with extended teams.
• Knowledge of Automotive design and development process, system requirements, and general engineering best practices.

What you'll gain

• Competitive insurance including:
• Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans
• 401(k) program with:
• An employer match and immediate vesting
• Generous Paid Time Off including:
• 20 days planned PTO, as accrued
• 40 hours of unplanned PTO and 14 company or floating holidays, annually
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders
• Paid leave for circumstances related to bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave
• Pay Transparency
• This is a full-time, exempt position eligible to receive a base salary and to participate in an annual performance bonus program. Final salary offered will be determined based on factors including but not limited to the candidate's skills and experience. The annual performance bonus program is preset and not candidate dependent.
• Initial base salary range = $140,000.00 - $170,000.00
• Internal leveling code: IC8
• Notice to applicants:
• To be considered for career opportunities at Scout Motors, applicants must be 18 years of age or older.
• Residing in San Francisco: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Scout Motors will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
• Residing in Los Angeles: Scout Motors will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
• Residing in New York City: This role is not eligible for remote work in New York City.
• Equal Opportunity
• Scout Motors is committed to employing a diverse workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, or any other characteristics protected by law. Scout Motors is committed to compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact ScoutAccommodations@scoutmotors.com.