Precision & Electronics Validation Leader

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.

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 tim