Engineer, Whole Vehicle Test Requirements and Validation – Propulsion

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

• →Own whole-vehicle validation definition and execution for propulsion-driven vehicle attributes, including drivability, performance, efficiency, charging, thermal performance, and vehicle capability across real-world customer use cases. 
• →Define and develop validation strategies for limit operating conditions, including edge and corner cases that drive propulsion system design requirements, such as power delivery, thermal management, durability, energy consumption, and operating strategies. 
• →Establish key validation routes, duty cycles, and environmental conditions that represent worst-case and boundary operating scenarios, providing critical input to propulsion system sizing, battery performance, thermal systems, and vehicle operating strategies. 
• →Act as the source of truth for real-world vehicle loads, environmental conditions, and customer usage profiles, ensuring engineering teams have accurate physical inputs for propulsion system and vehicle-level design. 
• →Support cross-functional validation alignment across Propulsion, Chassis, Thermal, Controls, Software, Electrical, Vehicle Integration, and Manufacturing teams to ensure cohesive whole-vehicle performance. 
• →Develop and manage vehicle-level test cases covering propulsion behavior, drive modes, acceleration, regenerative braking, charging, towing, payload, gradability, off-road capability, and interactions with braking, traction, stability, and ride & handling systems. 
• →Translate propulsion functional requirements and vehicle capability targets into executable test procedures, instrumentation strategies, and validation plans at the whole-vehicle level. 
• →Ensure propulsion systems perform seamlessly alongside chassis, thermal, electrical, and software interfaces to validate overall vehicle behavior across on-road, towing, off-road, charging, and extreme environmental conditions. 
• →Lead and coordinate vehicle-level validation campaigns at proving grounds, public roads, and hot/cold climate locations, evaluating propulsion performance across diverse customer usage profiles and durability routes. 
• →Translate customer use cases—including daily commuting, towing, payload hauling, off-road recreation, mountain driving, fast charging, and long-distance travel—into validation scenarios with measurable acceptance criteria. 
• →Define and validate key vehicle-level attributes including drivability, torque delivery, energy efficiency, thermal robustness, charging performance, towing capability, off-road performance, and overall propulsion system integration. 
• →Drive test execution and data collection, including route development, vehicle preparation, instrumentation planning, data acquisition, and environmental conditioning using vehicle CAN, GPS, thermal instrumentation, pressure, force, and specialized data logging systems. 
• →Ensure robust traceability from system requirements through validation plans, test cases, execution, and results using lifecycle management tools such as Codebeamer, Jama, or Jira. 
• →Collaborate across Propulsion, Chassis, Controls, Thermal, Electrical, Software, and Vehicle Integration teams to analyze test data, identify performance gaps, perform root-cause investigations, and resolve cross-functional issues. 
• →Document validation results, benchmark competitive vehicle performance, and provide data-driven recommendations to support vehicle readiness, program milestones, and release decisions. 

• 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.