About the Role
Lead and manage a Product Validation team responsible for executing end-to-end validation for assigned programs. Ensure validation scope, coverage, execution quality, and release readiness are achieved while driving strong cross-functional alignment with engineering, product, and manufacturing teams.
Responsibilities
- Establish clear goals and performance expectations aligned to program delivery and quality metrics
- Manage team workload, resource allocation, and prioritization across multiple programs
- Provide leadership, coaching, and development for engineers and test leads
- Recruit, interview, and hire Product Validation engineering team members
- Identify skill gaps and drive team capability development
- Own end-to-end validation execution, including planning, scheduling, execution oversight, and reporting
- Define validation scope, coverage strategy, and detailed test plans aligned to requirements
- Ensure validation activities meet phase entry/exit criteria
- Ensure validation results provide clear and actionable engineering signal
- Guide validation methodology across functional, performance, reliability, compliance, and system-level testing
- Provide technical direction and oversight to engineers on coverage, prioritization, and defect quality
- Lead validation readiness reviews and support release gating decisions
- Ensure test configurations and execution align with product requirements and design intent
- Act as the primary validation point of contact for program teams and stakeholders
- Communicate validation plans, status, risks, and issues clearly and effectively
- Partner with Electrical, Mechanical, Firmware, Systems, and Manufacturing teams to ensure design-for-validation
- Support customer interactions with validation data and technical insights
- Track and manage key validation metrics, including coverage, defect trends, and schedule adherence
- Ensure documentation of test plans, execution results, and lessons learned
- Drive continuous improvement in validation processes, tools, and reporting
- Support compliance to industry standards and customer requirements
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in product development or validation engineering
- 3–5 years of experience leading engineering teams or technical leads
Skills
- Strong understanding of product validation methodologies and test lifecycle execution
- Experience with hardware systems (servers, storage, networking) and firmware interaction
- Strong program execution, prioritization, and risk management skills
- Ability to translate technical data into clear business and customer messaging
- Effective cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder communication
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 10+ years of experience in product development or validation engineering
- 3-5 years of experience leading engineering teams or technical leads
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent experience
About the Company
- At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions.
- With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions.
- Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.
Equal Opportunity
- Jabil, including its subsidiaries, is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
