Intermedia Group
Vice President, Verification & Validation – Automotive with Vehicle Launch
Charlotte, Mecklenburg County · Exec
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About the role
- STEPHEN FLEISCHNER Recruiting Manager INTERMEDIA GROUP, INC.
- EMAIL: sfleischner@intermediagroup.com LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevefleischner/
Responsibilities
- As Vice President, Verification & Validation, you will lead the transformation from document-centric V&V to an AI-enabled, model-based continuous validation ecosystem leveraging digital twins, fleet data, and an end-to-end digital thread.
- You will define and drive the enterprise strategy for verification and validation across vehicle systems, ensuring safety, compliance, robustness, and speed of execution across the full product lifecycle.
- Develop and execute a forward-looking verification and validation strategy that drives the shift from document-centric processes to AI-enabled, model-based continuous validation.
- Build and lead a high-performing V&V organization across systems, software, hardware, and vehicle integration, fostering innovation, technical excellence, and operational rigor in support of software-defined vehicle (SDV) development.
- Partner closely with systems engineering, software, hardware, product, manufacturing, and quality teams to define validation requirements and ensure end-to-end requirements traceability through a robust digital thread across the development lifecycle.
- Ensure compliance with automotive safety, cybersecurity, and quality standards, including ISO 26262 and SOTIF, and lead safety case development to support validation readiness, release decisions, and risk management.
- Lead strategic investments in tools, methods, and digital infrastructure that support scalable validation platforms, cloud-based simulation, and enterprise-wide validation analytics.
- Manage resources, budgets, and development timelines to ensure efficient execution and timely delivery of validation milestones.
Requirements
- Master's degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 15+ years of experience in automotive engineering, including senior leadership responsibility in verification and validation of complex vehicle systems, software-defined vehicles, and/or electric vehicles.
- Proven track record of transforming validation organizations, processes, and toolchains toward model-based, software-centric, AI-enabled, and data-driven approaches.
- Deep expertise in MBSE, SysML v2, digital thread, digital twin, continuous validation, virtual verification, simulation environments, and test automation frameworks.
- Strong understanding of automotive safety, cybersecurity, regulatory, and quality standards, including ISO 26262, SOTIF, and safety case development in modern validation organizations.
- Strategic mindset with the ability to define long-term roadmaps, prioritize investments, and scale digital validation capabilities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize complex technical issues into clear decisions and actions.
- If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please respond back and include the following:
- required compensation.
Compensation
- $280,000 to $340,000
Benefits
- Drive adoption of MBSE, SysML v2, digital thread practices, requirements traceability (e2e), test automation, scenario-based validation, and AI-assisted test generation to improve validation coverage, speed, and quality.
- Leverage connected vehicle and field performance data to enable closed-loop validation, AI-based coverage analysis, machine learning for defect prediction, and data-driven prioritization of validation activities.
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