Engineer, Test Requirements and Validation, Infotainment, Specialist

At Scout Motors, you don't just design vehicles- you shape the future of the road. Our Engineering team is where bold ideas meet rigorous execution, building machines that are as durable and capable as the people who drive them. You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with brilliant minds across disciplines, turning complex challenges into elegant, scalable solutions that meet the highest standards of safety, performance, and user experience. This is a place where your fingerprints are found on metal – where what you design gets built, driven, and remembered. If you're hungry to engineer something that matters, Scout Motors is where that ambition finds its highest gear. 

Become part of an iconic brand that is set to revolutionize the electric pick-up truck & rugged SUV marketplace by achieving the following:

• →Develop, execute, and manage detailed whole vehicle test cases and validation activities for Infotainment, UX/UI, and Connected Experience features, functions, attributes, and customer use cases, including:  
  • →Center display and driver display functionality  
  • →Human Machine Interface (HMI) interactions  
  • →Navigation and route guidance  
  • →Media, audio, and entertainment systems  
  • →Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration  
  • →Voice assistant functionality  
  • →Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and smartphone connectivity  
  • →User profiles and personalization  
  • →Over-the-Air (OTA) software update experience  
  • →Digital key and mobile application interactions  
  • →Vehicle settings, notifications, and customer workflows  
• →Translate infotainment and UX/UI requirements into executable test procedures, validation plans, and whole vehicle test strategies that ensure complete requirements coverage and customer feature readiness.  
• →Execute vehicle-level validation activities to evaluate functionality, performance, usability, robustness, and overall customer experience across multiple software builds, vehicle configurations, and operating conditions.  
• →Perform vehicle performance evaluations related to infotainment and UX/UI systems, including:  
  • →HMI responsiveness and screen latency  
  • →System boot-up and wake-up performance  
  • →Navigation accuracy and route calculation performance  
  • →Voice recognition accuracy and response time  
  • →Smartphone connectivity stability and reconnection behavior  
  • →Audio quality and media performance  
  • →User workflow efficiency and ease of use  
  • →Software stability, fault recovery, and overall customer experience  
• →Lead and coordinate validation trips, proving ground evaluations, benchmark studies, and customer drive events to validate infotainment performance under representative and extreme operating conditions.  
• →Execute structured competitive benchmarking to evaluate infotainment functionality, UX performance, and customer experience against industry-leading vehicles.  
• →Drive test execution and data collection using vehicle instrumentation, logging tools, diagnostics, and software analysis techniques to support validation activities and issue investigation.  
• →Ensure strong traceability between requirements, validation plans, and test cases using systems such as Codebeamer, Jama, Jira, or equivalent requirements management tools.  
• →Analyze test results, vehicle logs, and customer-facing behaviors to identify software defects, integration issues, usability concerns, and performance gaps, working cross-functionally to drive issue resolution.  
• →Collaborate closely with UX, HMI, Infotainment Software, Connectivity, Systems Engineering, Product Management, and Vehicle Integration teams to communicate validation findings, support issue triage, and ensure feature readiness.  
• →Document validation results and provide recommendations supporting software releases, production readiness, issue resolution, and vehicle sign-off, including validation reports, issue tracking, and readiness metrics.  
• →Support validation planning and logistics, including vehicle scheduling, software build planning, equipment preparation, route development, benchmark planning, and test execution coordination.  
• →Assist in integrating systems engineering principles into validation planning, requirements management, and whole vehicle verification activities.  
• →Partner with systems architects, UX designers, software engineers, and cross-functional engineering teams to develop robust validation strategies that deliver a best-in-class customer experience.  

• To be considered for career opportunities at Scout Motors, applicants must be 18 years of age or older. 
• Residing in San Francisco: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Scout Motors will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 
• Residing in Los Angeles: Scout Motors will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. 
• Residing in New York City: This role is not eligible for remote work in New York City.

Scout Motors is committed to employing a diverse workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, or any other characteristics protected by law. Scout Motors is committed to compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact ScoutAccommodations@scoutmotors.com.