About this role
Job Purpose Dana is a global leader in the supply of highly engineered driveline, sealing, and thermal-management technologies that improve the efficiency and performance of vehicles with both conventional and alternative-energy powertrains. Serving three primary markets – passenger vehicle, commercial truck, and the off-highway equipment – Dana provides the world’s original equipment manufacturers and the aftermarket with local product and service support through a network of nearly 100 engineering, manufacturing, and distribution facilities.
- As the Team Lead, System test design, you will manage the test engineering team by owning sprint planning, task distribution, and workflow cadence across all testing activities.
- Act as the interface between organizational priorities and the team, ensuring sustainable delivery pace, clear stakeholder communication, and effective collaboration with the operations team.
- You will be responsible of the execution of tests for embedded software, emotors, and highvoltage inverters according to defined test plan.
- Job Duties and Responsibilities Sprint Management and Resource Planning : Decompose work into sprint-sized packages and maintain a predictable weekly cadence.
- Prioritize activities based on organizational needs without passing urgency to the team.
- Assess capacity, identify bottlenecks, and reallocate resources as needed.
- Conduct performance reviews and support professional development.
- Stakeholder Communication: Ensure the team communicates test status, progress, and blockers throughout execution.
- Engage with engineering on issues, providing clear problem descriptions and insights.
- Provide regular updates on test coverage, project status, and release schedules.
- Operator Collaboration: Align with the operations lead on role boundaries and handoff protocols.
- Drive the transition of bench operation responsibility to the operators team.
- Education and Qualifications Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science, electrical, mechanical, or mechatronics engineering (or equivalent).
- 10+ years of experience in software or system test engineering, including experience with embedded software validation or power electronics.
- Prior experience leading or coordinating technical teams in an agile environment.
- Familiarity with software-in-the-loop (SIL), hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), and system-level testing for electric motor and inverter control systems.
- Working knowledge of CAN protocols, CI/CD pipelines, and automated test frameworks.
- Skills Management and Leadership: Sprint planning, realistic estimation, and delivery cadence management.
- Team capacity planning, delegation, and transparent communication of constraints.
- Cross-functional collaboration with operations, software engineering, and leadership.
- Adaptability to shifting priorities without losing team focus or morale.
- Technical Knowledge: Software and firmware testing for embedded systems — electric motors, inverters, and control software.
- Test automation using frameworks such as pytest, Robot Framework, or equivalent; familiarity with regression suites and CI-driven test execution.
- Version control and CI/CD: Git, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar pipelines.
- Test environments: HIL/SIL rigs, dynos, thermal chambers, EMC, electrical, and collision.
- Sufficient knowledge of CAN tools (Vector CANalyzer/CANoe) to assess task complexity.
- Familiarity with AVL PUMA 2, UTAC REPS, Python scripting, and LabVIEW workflows.