Connected Car Validation lead - TATA Elxsi, Pune

Role & responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end validation activities for Connected Car and Telematics programs.
• Define validation strategy, scope, schedules, milestones, and deliverables for connected vehicle features.
• Manage validation of TCU, cloud services, mobile applications, backend platforms, and vehicle integrations.
• Coordinate functional, integration, system, regression, OTA, and vehicle-level testing activities.
• Lead validation of connectivity features such as eCall, bCall, remote vehicle control, remote diagnostics, geofencing, vehicle tracking, and subscription services.
• Review customer requirements and develop validation plans, test specifications, and test cases.
• Ensure complete requirements-to-test traceability and validation coverage.
• Manage defect triage, root cause analysis, and resolution tracking with development teams.
• Track validation KPIs, test execution progress, defect metrics, and quality targets.
• Coordinate with OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, cloud teams, mobile app teams, and backend development teams.
• Ensure compliance with Automotive SPICE, Cybersecurity, Functional Safety, and OEM quality processes.
• Review and approve test reports, validation summaries, and release recommendations.
• Manage project risks, issues, resource planning, and escalation activities.
• Drive test automation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support field trials, customer acceptance testing, and production launch activities.
• Mentor validation engineers and provide technical leadership.
• Support customer audits, program reviews, and quality assessments.

Preferred candidate profile

• Connected Car and Telematics validation, TCU validation and testing
• Cloud-to-Vehicle integration testing, Mobile App (Android/iOS) validation
• OTA update validation, Remote vehicle functions testing
• Vehicle diagnostics and telematics services
• CAN, LIN, Ethernet and UDS diagnostics
• Automotive Cybersecurity (ISO/SAE 21434)
• Requirements management and traceability
• Vector CANoe and CANalyzer
• Jira and Azure DevOps, DOORS
• Postman and API testing tools
• Wireshark network analyzer
• ADB and mobile debugging tools
• Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Test automation frameworks and scripting tools
• Automotive SPICE, V-Model development lifecycle
• Cybersecurity validation processes
• Defect management lifecycle
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Quality audits and compliance