Sr. Specialist/TPM – L1 Test Management

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. 

We are seeking a highly technical Senior TPM for L1 Integration across Test Management to lead vehicle-level integration execution, lab-car readiness, and system validation coordination for next-generation Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) platforms. This role combines deep technical understanding of vehicle systems with strong program execution capabilities to drive integration readiness across vehicle builds, lab-car platforms, and release validation activities. The TPM will coordinate software, systems, validation, diagnostics, manufacturing, and vehicle engineering teams to ensure stable and vehicle ready SDV releases.  TPM will own release coordination, sprint execution, issue management, test readiness, and change control processes across complex SDV programs. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with vehicle integration, ECU bring-up, diagnostics, validation workflows, and SDV architectures, along with proven leadership managing complex integration and release programs. 

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

• →Lead planning and execution of vehicle-level and lab-car feature (FIP) and integration readiness activities across SDV development programs.  
• →Experience with vehicle architecture, networks, integration frameworks to coordinate hardware, software, firmware, calibration, and network configuration readiness for integration vehicles and lab-car platforms.  
• →Track vehicle build status, ECU availability, software branch alignment, flashing readiness, and feature integration maturity.  
• →Drive Agile execution across integration and validation teams including sprint planning, backlog management, and dependency tracking.  
• →Manage vehicle software release schedules, integration branches, and deployment milestones.  
• →Track engineering changes, software updates, ECU revisions, and feature readiness across vehicle programs.  
• →Lead issue triage, prioritization, defect tracking, risk mitigation, and release blocker resolution. 
• →Support bring-up and stabilization of integration vehicles, benches, and lab-car systems for validation activities across prototype, mule, validation, and pre-production vehicle fleets. 
• →Ensure validation readiness including test hardware availability, software deployment, calibration alignment, and diagnostics configuration.  
• →Track regression testing, feature validation, release acceptance criteria, and validation coverage metrics.  
• →Support OTA validation, diagnostics verification, secure flashing readiness, and software deployment validation workflows. 
• →Develop and maintain integration dashboards, lab-car readiness trackers, release metrics, and validation KPIs.  
• →Provide executive-level updates on vehicle integration status, software maturity, technical risks, and validation progress.  
• →Drive data-based escalation management and cross-functional decision-making.  
• →Support launch readiness reviews, integration war rooms, and technical milestone reporting. 

• 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.