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About Us
At CNH, we're driven by a clear purpose: we serve and advance the people who feed and build a growing world.
As a global leader in agriculture and construction, we create the equipment, technology, and solutions that help our customers work more productively and sustainably. Our success starts with our people, and we foster a collaborative culture where innovation thrives and every employee has the opportunity to grow.
Grow a Career. Build a Future.
If you're ready to make an impact and build a career with purpose, there's a place for you at CNH.
Job Purpose
The Precision & Electronics Product Validation Leader leads the global strategy, execution, and governance of verification and validation activities supporting all technology developed by the Precision & Electronics organization targeting both factory and aftermarket products, including web and mobile technology both for our end users and our dealers.
The role ensures that advanced technology solutions perform safely, reliably, and consistently across real-world operating environments through a combination of simulation, laboratory testing, vehicle integration, and field validation. The Director partners with Product Management, Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, Safety, and Product Development teams to ensure all solutions meet customer requirements and business objectives before release.
Key Responsibilities
Validation Strategy & Leadership
- Develop and execute the Precision & Electronics validation strategy for vehicle, embedded software, electronics, controls, cloud-based solutions, and platform-level products.
- Establish validation frameworks, methodologies, processes, and governance aligned with industry best practices.
- Define validation roadmaps supporting current products, next-generation architectures, and future technology platforms.
- Build organizational capability and technical excellence across validation engineering disciplines.
- Lead and develop global teams of managers, engineers, technicians, and test specialists.
- Work closely with platform validation teams to encompass complete and efficient coverage while ensuring no validation duplication across teams.
Product Verification & Validation
- Own end-to-end validation processes throughout the product lifecycle.
- Ensure validation activities trace directly to customer requirements, system requirements, and design specifications.
- Oversee test planning, execution, reporting, and defect resolution activities.
- Drive, vehicle-level validation, software validation, hardware validation, and field validation programs.
- Ensure products achieve targeted reliability, durability, performance, safety, and quality objectives prior to launch.
Test Operations & Laboratories
- Drive automation, digital validation, model-based testing, and simulation capabilities.
- Establish and maintain validation standards, equipment requirements, calibration processes, and safety procedures.
- Optimize utilization of validation assets and capital investments.
- Quality, Compliance & Risk Management
- Ensure products comply with applicable industry regulations, safety requirements, and internal engineering standards.
- Establish risk-based validation and verification methodologies.
- Identify and mitigate product risks early through robust validation plans and failure analysis.
- Partner with Quality and Manufacturing teams to improve product reliability and field performance.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate with Product Management and Development to translate customer needs into measurable validation requirements.
- Partner with Systems Engineering teams to ensure complete requirement coverage and verification traceability.
- Work closely with Engineering leaders to resolve technical issues.
- Support executive reviews by providing validation readiness, product maturity, and launch-risk assessments.
Operational Excellence
- Manage departmental budgets, resources, and capital plans.
- Establish KPIs measuring, validation effectiveness, defect escape rates, and launch readiness.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives reducing validation cycle time while improving product quality.
- Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and engineering excellence.
Experience Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related discipline.
- 12+ years of engineering experience.
- 5+ years of engineering leadership experience managing managers and technical teams.
- Experience leading validation, verification, systems testing, product quality, or reliability engineering functions.
- Experience with complex electromechanical systems, embedded controls, software, and vehicle systems.
- Demonstrated experience managing globally distributed teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Engineering or Business.
- Experience in agricultural, construction, automotive, aerospace, heavy equipment, or industrial technology industries.
- Experience with model-based systems engineering (MBSE).
- Experience with software validation, HIL/SIL environments, autonomy systems, precision technology, and connected vehicle solutions.
- Knowledge of ISO 26262, functional safety, cybersecurity validation, and reliability engineering practices.
- Experience leading large-scale validation organizations supporting global product portfolios.
- Experience leading large-scale validation organizations supporting global product portfolios.
Pay Transparency
The annual salary for this role is USD $153,375.00 - $204,500.00 plus any applicable bonus (Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as skill, experience and qualification for the role.)
For roles open across multiple locations, the salary range indicated refers to the primary location. If a different location is considered, the applicable salary range will be communicated to candidates prior to the first interview.
What We Offer
We offer dynamic career opportunities across an international landscape. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to delivering value for all our employees and fostering a culture of respect.
At CNH, we understand that the best solutions come from the diverse experiences and skills of our people. Here, you will be empowered to grow your career, to follow your passion, and help build a better future. To support our employees, we offer regional comprehensive benefits, including:
- Flexible work arrangements
- Savings & Retirement benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Fertility & Family building support
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Charitable contribution matching and Volunteer Time Off
Click here to learn more about our benefits offerings! (US only)
US applicants: CNH Industrial is an equal opportunity employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Applicants can learn more about their rights by viewing the federal "Know Your Rights" poster here. CNH Industrial participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. You can view additional information here.
Canada applicants: CNH Industrial is an equal opportunity employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, place of origin, disability, marital status, family status, age, or any other ground prohibited by applicable provincial human rights legislation.
If you need reasonable accommodation with the application process, please contact us at narecruitingmailbox@cnh.com.