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Director of Engineering

About Holley Performance Brands

For over a century, Holley Performance Brands has been at the forefront of automotive innovation — powering enthusiasts, racers, and builders who demand performance without compromise. We design, engineer, and manufacture world-class products.

At Holley, engineering is central to our mission. We’re building the next generation of performance technology — uniting engineering disciplines to create integrated systems that push the boundaries of what’s possible, from the street to the track.

Position Summary

The Senior Engineering Manager – Test and Validation sets the strategy and leads execution for testing and validating our mechanical, electrical, and embedded hardware-software systems across bench, dyno, environmental, and vehicle test. You will build a high-performing team, mature labs and methods, and drive disciplined, data-backed validation so programs ship on time with proven durability, compliance, and customer confidence. This is a hands-on role – some days may be setting the strategy and managing the team, others may require you to get hands on in test, data analysis, or report generation.

Key Responsibilities

· Lead, coach, and grow validation engineers and technicians; set goals, standards, and career paths.

· Define the validation strategy and coverage model – requirements, test cases, results – and own DVP&R quality.

· Plan and operate labs and assets (benches, HIL, dynos, chambers, prototype, test vehicles); ensure readiness and utilization metrics.

· Establish methods for repeatable testing, data capture, analysis, and dashboards – enforce traceability.

· Run issue management and root cause through closure – communicate risk, status, and evidence-based release readiness.

· Align schedules and gates with Product, Systems, Hardware, Software, Quality, Supply Chain and key vendors and suppliers.

· Coordinate cross-functional efforts and initiatives across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Service, Product, etc. to drive quality product launch through phase-gate process.

· Govern process and documentation – procedures, reports, compliance artifacts – and drive continuous improvement.

· Manage budgets and capital planning for validation capability growth.

· Lead project and team planning and defect capture in Jira.

Required Qualifications

· B.S. in Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Computer, Systems Engineering or related engineering field.

· 10+ years in product validation, test, and verification with 3-5+ years leading teams or complex programs.

· Depth in DVP&R, requirements traceability, test design, and statistical analysis of results.