ADAS Validation Lead - TATA Elxsi, Pune

Role & responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end validation activities for ADAS and autonomous driving features.
• Define ADAS validation strategy, test plans, schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
• Manage component, integration, SIL, HIL, vehicle-level, proving ground, and road testing activities.
• Lead validation of features such as AEB, ACC, LKA, LDW, BSD, TSR, Parking Assist, and Driver Monitoring Systems.
• Review customer requirements and develop test specifications, test cases, and validation procedures.
• Ensure complete requirements-to-test traceability and validation coverage.
• Coordinate validation activities across software, hardware, systems, perception, controls, and integration teams.
• Manage defect triage, issue analysis, root cause investigation, and resolution tracking.
• Track validation KPIs, test execution progress, safety metrics, and defect closure status.
• Coordinate sensor validation activities involving cameras, radar, ultrasonic sensors, lidar, and sensor fusion systems.
• Support simulation-based validation, scenario-based testing, and vehicle-level assessments.
• Ensure compliance with Automotive SPICE, ISO 26262, SOTIF (ISO 21448), Cybersecurity, and OEM processes.
• Review and approve validation reports, safety assessments, and release recommendations.
• Manage project risks, resource planning, effort estimation, and escalation activities.
• Drive automation, virtual validation, and process improvement initiatives.
• Mentor validation engineers and provide technical leadership.
• Support customer reviews, audits, and quality assessments.

Preferred candidate profile

• ADAS feature validation and verification
• Camera, Radar, Lidar and Ultrasonic sensor validation
• Sensor fusion and perception system testing
• AEB, ACC, LKA, LDW, BSD and Parking Assist validation
• SIL, HIL, MIL and vehicle-level testing
• Scenario-based and simulation-based validation
• CAN, Ethernet and automotive communication protocols
• Functional Safety (ISO 26262)
• Requirements management and traceability
• Vector CANoe and CANalyzer, dSPACE SCALEXIO and AutomationDesk
• MATLAB/Simulink, ETAS INCA, CarMaker
• DOORS, Python and test automation frameworks
• Automotive SPICE, V-Model development lifecycle
• ISO 26262 Functional Safety processes
• Defect management lifecycle, Root Cause Analysis (RCA)