Senior Safety Integration Validation Engineer Lead – SDV Architecture

General Motors

Senior safety validation engineer leading software-defined vehicle integration at General Motors. Overseeing testing, traceability, readiness, governance, and launch issue resolution.

Posted 9/3/2026full-timeWarren • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in vehicle systems validation, integration, and testing, with a strong focus on compliance and regulatory requirements. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and translate complex requirements into actionable validation plans and evidence management.

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Vehicle Systems ValidationIntegration and TestingRegulatory ComplianceCross-Functional LeadershipEvidence Management

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Hard Skills

Validation PlanningTest Case DevelopmentRoot-Cause AnalysisTraceability PracticesSystem-Level TestingIssue ManagementAcceptance Criteria InterpretationFailure Mode AnalysisTechnical Deliverables OwnershipEngineering Degree

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsMentoring and CoachingProblem SolvingAccountabilityCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

DNGETMJiraVirtual Test EnvironmentsIntegration Tools

Industry Keywords

Safety Usage ApprovalCompliance ActivitiesCross-Functional IntegrationValidation StrategyGM Behaviors

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide technical leadership for translating infrastructure functional requirements into test intent and coverage across SDV Architecture
Sponsor and review executable test intent aligned with system architecture, safety, regulatory, and customer requirements
Coach SIVEs and Senior SIVEs on ownership, validation objectives, and coverage
Define and champion traceability and evidence-management practices across DNG, ETM, Jira, and other tools
Ensure audit-ready evidence flow, source-of-truth rules, and documentation expectations across HW/SW and system development teams
Review traceability and evidence completeness and drive closure before Safety Usage Approval Milestones and Formal Reviews
Oversee integration and system validation execution across benches, vehicles, and virtual environments for Core ECUs and Infrastructure Functions
Define playbooks for exploratory testing, virtual-to-hardware correlation, and variant evaluation
Support resolution of complex cross-system hardware and software integration issues
Lead readiness, compliance, and governance discussions in ADV, PAR, DVUL, Regulatory, and related forums
Ensure validation, readiness, evidence, and milestone status is accurate, concise, and decision-ready
Guide compliance dependency management with DRE and supplier inputs and export/regulatory certification documentation
Lead cross-functional triage and closure ownership for high-impact integration and validation issues
Convert technical discussions into owners, actions, timing, escalation paths, and risk-management plans
Support plant, launch, and field teams by coordinating issues affecting launch readiness
Define and improve the cross-functional operating model for system integration and validation
Foster handshakes across systems, safety, software, calibration, validation, and suppliers
Mentor engineers and lead by example through accountability, feedback, inclusion, and GM Behaviors

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Computer, Systems, or related discipline)
5+ years of relevant engineering experience in vehicle systems, validation, integration, or testing with ownership of significant technical deliverables
Strong knowledge of vehicle systems, interfaces, architecture variants, and relevant failure modes
Hands-on experience with system- or feature-level testing on benches, vehicles, and/or virtual test environments
Experience owning or leading validation planning, execution, readiness assessment, and evidence closure
Ability to interpret requirements and translate them into validation plans, test cases, acceptance criteria, and traceable evidence
Experience with issue management, root-cause analysis, and cross-functional problem solving
Proficiency with requirements, test management, traceability, and issue-tracking tools
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presenting readiness, risks, and trade-offs clearly
Ability to support compliance activities tied to applicable regulatory/compliance requirements
Proven experience leading cross-functional integration and validation efforts across programs, domains, or architecture variants
Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop engineers and shape validation strategy at system or domain level
Must not require GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future
Ability to legally operate a motor vehicle regularly and successfully complete a Motor Vehicle Report review

Benefits

Comp & perks

This job may be eligible for relocation benefits
Hybrid work arrangement, with reporting to a specific location at least 3 times a week (or frequency dictated by manager)
Travel required: less than 25%