Lead Electronic Verification & Validation Engineer

About the role

Trimble is a global technology company that connects the physical and digital worlds, transforming the ways work gets done. With relentless innovation in precise positioning, modeling and data analytics, Trimble enables essential industries including construction, geospatial and transportation. Whether it's helping customers build and maintain infrastructure, design and construct buildings, optimize global supply chains or map the world, Trimble is at the forefront, driving productivity and progress. About Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies (CTCT) The CTCT division (a joint venture between Trimble and Caterpillar) develops positioning, control, and automation products for earthmoving and paving machines in the construction and mining industries, using technologies such as GNSS, optical total stations, lasers, and sonics. The products are used in a range of applications where the operator of the machine benefits from having accurate horizontal and vertical guidance. For more information on currently developed products, see http://construction.trimble.com/earthworks. Field Systems: The Trimble Field Systems segment provides solutions to increase precision and productivity in construction tasks by empowering stakeholders to collect accurate information and manage conditions with cutting-edge technology. What Makes This Role Great: In this role, you will hold the ultimate authority on product readiness, serving as the technical focal point across integrated teams to ensure our sensing components meet elite performance standards. You will have the unique opportunity to shape the entire validation strategy from simulation to machine-level field testing, directly influencing the reliability of global off-highway infrastructure solutions. The Lead Electronic Verification & Validation Engineer is responsible for defining, planning, coordinating, and executing verification and validation activities for Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), angle sensors, and related electronic sensing components. The role ensures products meet performance, reliability, and quality requirements through structured, risk-based validation across the product lifecycle. This role serves as the primary V&V focal point within integrated product teams, providing technical leadership across electrical, mechanical, systems, firmware, manufacturing, and machine test domains. The position is accountable for ensuring validation coverage is complete, traceable, and sufficient to support product release decisions. Key Exciting Responsibilities Verification & Validation Planning and Strategy Develop and maintain verification and validation plans (DVP&R) for IMUs, angle sensors, and related components. Translate product requirements and design risks into structured, risk-based validation strategies and test coverage. Ensure validation coverage addresses performance, functional behavior, environmental robustness, durability, and reliability requirements. Lead the application of FMEA outputs into validation planning, ensuring all identified risks are mapped to appropriate verification and validation activities with defined acceptance criteria. Test Execution Planning and Coordination Plan and coordinate validation activities across multiple venues, including: Simulation / virtual testing, Bench and lab testing, Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), Environmental testing, Machine-level testing, Field/Application testing Coordinate internal resources and external test facilities as needed. Ensure test readiness, proper execution, and adherence to defined procedures and acceptance criteria. Technical Evaluation, Reporting, and Release Support Review and analyze validation results to ensure completeness, technical correctness, and traceability. Provide clear technical feedback and recommendations to design and development teams based on validation evidence. Ensure validation results are documented, traceable, and properly archived. Support program milestone reviews with concise validation status updates. Own validation completeness assessment and provide recommendations on product readiness for design release based on validation evidence and residual risk. Cross-Functional Collaboration Work closely with Product Managers, Technical Leads, Systems Engineers, Firmware Engineers, Manufacturing, and Program Managers. Align validation plans with program schedules, product maturity, and resource avail