Validation Lead Engineer

Job Title

In this position...

Strategic Planning & Execution Oversight:
Defining and updating priorities and roadmaps aligned with Program Increments, overseeing test design progress, leading review sessions, driving critical defect follow-up, reporting, and resolution, and tracking overall execution status.

Data Collection, Analysis & Insight Generation:
Gathering critical project data, analyzing performance through KPIs, and generating insightful reports and dashboards to inform planning, track progress, and highlight defect trends.

Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication:
Engaging with cross-functional teams and stakeholders for alignment on plans, disseminating information (including defect status), and addressing needs effectively.

Utilizing Key Tools & Methodologies:
Employing Jira, Test Rail, Confluence, data analysis tools (SQL, Python, BI platforms), and Agile/Scrum practices to facilitate planning, execution, and defect management.

What you'll do...

BPR / SRR Documents/Presentations

Weekly Priority Lists & Updated Roadmaps

Critical Defect Status Reports & Follow-up Summaries

Daily Pass/Fail Status Updates

KPI Analysis Reports & Insights

Automated Performance Reports

Interactive Dashboards and Data Visualization

Data Quality Reports:
Assessments of the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of reporting data.

You'll have...

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or a related technical field

3-5+ years of experience in test management, quality assurance or a related technical role

Proficiency with Jira, Test Rail and Confluence for test tracking and documentation

Experience building dashboards using Power BI, Qlik or similar BI platforms

Strong working knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies, particularly Program Increment (PI) planning

Demonstrated ability to manage defect tracking and triage processes

Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience presenting to cross-functional and leadership audiences

Strong analytical skills with experience generating KPI reports and data quality assessments

Even better, you may have...

Experience creating roadmap visualizations (e.g., Gantt charts) and project documentation in compliance with organizational standards (e.g., GPDS)- pref

Hands-on experience with SQL and Python for data extraction, transformation and automation- pref.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a change maker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above?

No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade range of 7 - 8 and ranges from $86,600 - $166,200.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

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