UX Validation Lead

The role

You will build and lead the UX/HMI validation practice from the ground up. You will define validation strategy, build automated UI testing infrastructure, and lead a team of test engineers.

What you will do

• Define and drive the end-to-end HMI/UX validation strategy.
• Establish quality standards for display logic, control flows, and user experience.
• Build and scale automated UI testing infrastructure.
• Include test harnesses, simulators, visual regression frameworks, and CI/CD integration.
• Lead cross-functional efforts to debug complex UI and system issues.
• Partner with TPM and validation teams on feature test plans.
• Mentor a high-performing test engineering team.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of software validation experience, with significant depth in UI/UX, display, or HMI testing.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• Proven experience owning a validation domain, defining test strategy, methodology, and automation infrastructure from the ground up.
• Strong background in automated UI testing and validation, including frameworks such as Appium and end-to-end test planning from requirements through release sign-off.
• Experience with Linux, QNX, or Android Automotive (AAOS).
• Understanding of automotive networking (CAN, Ethernet) and its interaction with HMI systems.

Nice to have

• Deep expertise in Android Automotive OS (AAOS) or QNX.
• Visual regression tools (e.g., Applitools, Percy).
• Modern CI/CD tooling (e.g., Buildkite, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).

About the company

Applied Intuition, Inc. is a Silicon Valley company creating digital infrastructure for physical AI. It services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries.