Job Summary

We are seeking a highly capable Technical Program Lead who combines expertise in Automation Testing, Linuxbased Technical Project Management, and Vehicle Testing Validation. The role is responsible for endtoend program delivery covering software quality automation, Linux platform execution, and vehiclelevel validation. The candidate will lead crossfunctional teams, manage technical risks, ensure quality and schedule compliance, and drive integration across software, system, and vehicle domains.

Key Responsibilities****Program Project Management (Linux Focus)

- Own endtoend delivery of Linuxbased and automotive technology programs
- Manage scope, timelines, risks, dependencies, and resource planning
- Act as the single point of contact between engineering, QA, vehicle testing, DevOps, and business stakeholders
- Review technical designs, integration plans, and release readiness
- Drive issue resolution, escalation, and decision making
- Track milestones and prepare project status, dashboards, and reviews

Automation Testing Leadership

- Define and implement automation test strategy and roadmap
- Lead automation teams across functional, integration, system, and regression testing
- Design/review test automation frameworks and coding standards
- Drive API, UI, and systemlevel automation
- Integrate automation with CI/CD pipelines




- Track quality metrics, defect trends, and test coverage
- Perform root cause analysis and continuous quality improvement

Vehicle Testing Validation

- Plan and execute vehiclelevel testing and validation as per DVP
- Support functional, performance, durability, and integration testing
- Perform data acquisition, analysis, and reporting
- Identify vehicle/system issues and support root cause analysis with development teams
- Coordinate prototype builds and test campaigns
- Ensure compliance with internal standards and regulatory requirements

Mandatory Technical Skills

- Technical Project / Program Management
- Linux OS (Embedded or Server) robust working knowledge
- Test Automation Frameworks (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium, REST Assured, etc.)
- Programming/Scripting: Java / Python / JavaScript
- CI/CD Tools (Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps)
- Vehicle Testing Validation methodologies
- Data acquisition analysis
- Defect management, RCA, quality metrics
- Tools: JIRA, Confluence, TestRail or similar

Preferred / GoodtoHave Skills

- Automotive domain experience
- CAN, diagnostics tools, UDS
- HIL / SIL exposure
- Cloud or DevOps exposure
- Performance testing tools (JMeter, Gatling)
- Agile / Scrum / SAFe
- PMP or Agile certification

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