Validation Technical Project Manager (Automotive)

Location: Prague, Czechia; in-person collaboration is prioritized, with flexible working hours and required availability from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Company

hirify.global is a Fortune 500 global IT services company delivering technical solutions across industries and geographies.

What you will do

• Lead and coordinate system testing, system integration testing, verification, and validation for an automotive sensor project.
• Define and maintain the system integration, verification, and validation strategy, plan, schedule, cost estimates, and project reports.
• Manage 6–7 Technical Lead engineers and the associated validation teams, including System Test Leads, the System Integration Test Lead, and validation services coordination.
• Coordinate test-tool development and validated test-environment delivery for SIL, HIL, and vehicle testing, ensuring Functional Safety compliance.
• Manage validation risks, budget, purchases, deliverable maturity, KPIs, and progress against customer milestones.
• Deliver V&V reports, the System Validation Project Report, and the System Baseline Audit Document on time.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in automotive-related projects, including 3+ years of management experience and 3+ years in test management.
• Strong knowledge of system and vehicle validation activities, validation lifecycle processes, testing principles, and methodologies.
• Experience planning test campaigns, estimating effort, building test benches, and setting up HIL, SIL, and VIL environments.
• Previous experience in system validation projects and good experience with AD-related features.
• Leadership and team-management skills, including the ability to motivate and inspire team members.
• Experience working in an agile environment and a good understanding of the agile mindset.
• Good communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, and time-management skills.
• English at B2 Upper-Intermediate level.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent employment with life insurance, supplemental retirement contributions, meal allowance, and a flexible benefits cafeteria.
• Five weeks of vacation, up to three sick days per calendar year, and an employee assistance program.
• Flexible working hours by agreement with the manager, subject to required contractual hours and core availability from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Multisport card available for a monthly employee payment of 1,050 CZK.
• In-person collaboration is prioritized while flexibility is provided to support wellbeing, productivity, and individual work styles.

Hiring process

• Submit a CV in English.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.