Test Team Lead for OEM

Lead a small validation team (2-3 engineers), including workload planning, task assignment based on individual strengths, performance evaluation, and overall accountability for team deliverables

Provide technical guidance and ensure alignment with project goals and priorities

Provide technical support to OEM partners to integrate Cummins digital solutions from development through release

Own end-to-end test execution, including test planning, execution, and result documentation in a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system following Agile practices

Drive test quality and coverage across projects, ensuring test excellence-not just execution

Design and enhance test strategies, including over-the-air (OTA) and data acquisition validation scenarios

Collaborate with project managers to track progress, timelines, and critical issues

Define and deliver reusable test artifacts and coverage metrics that remain valuable beyond the contract period

Develop automation tools to improve testing efficiency and expand test coverage

Establish test execution standards, including documentation, test bench management, and progress reporting

Embedded/device validation - Advanced: Own end-to-end test execution, debug complex issues, and drive test quality across projects

OTA testing - Advanced: Design validation scenarios, identify edge cases, and ensure reliability of software updates

Protocols (CAN / J1939 / UDS) - Intermediate: Analyze network communication, interpret logs, and troubleshoot issues

CANalyzer / PCAN tools - Intermediate: Perform message simulation, develop scripts, and support test automation

Cloud Experience (Azure/AWS) - Basic: Understand system architecture and support end-to-end integration testing

Test strategy & coverage - Advanced: Define test scope, improve coverage, and deliver reusable test artifacts and metrics

OEM collaboration - Intermediate: Communicate technical issues clearly and support partner integration activities (Main OEM’s are International and Navistar) Team leadership - Basic: Lead a small team, assign tasks, and mentor engineers

Experience designing test frameworks or improving validation processes

Experience defining validation KPIs and coverage metrics

Familiarity with cloud-device integration architecture in telematics systems

Experience creating dashboards to track and communicate test progress and quality

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems - Intermediate: Create, manage, and maintain test artifacts, test results, and defect records within a PLM system

Automation - Intermediate: Develop tools or scripts to improve efficiency and expand test coverage

Agile practices - Intermediate: Plan and execute testing within Agile frameworks (e.g., sprint planning, backlog refinement, defect tracking), and provide clear progress updates