# Manager, NAR Launch & TestOps

We are CARIAD, an automotive software development team with the Volkswagen Group. Our mission is to make the automotive experience safer, more sustainable, more comfortable, more digital, and more fun. To achieve that we are building the leading tech stack for the automotive industry and creating a unified software platform for over 10 million new vehicles per year. We’re looking for talented, digital minds like you to help us create code that moves the world. Together with you, we’ll build outstanding digital experiences and products for all Volkswagen Group brands that will transform mobility. Join us as we shape the future of the car and everyone around it. Role Summary: The Manager leads the NAR Launch & Test Ops Team, a hands-on regional team responsible for steering and securing North American launches in close collaboration with VWoA, AoA & CARIAD SE. The role coordinates launch milestone maturity, U.S. test activities at regional test facilities, and delivery readiness for MEB/MQB platform-level scope and T1/T2 functions across all platforms. The role also actively brings together regional stakeholders and constructively moderates resolution of topics that are not directly

- **Id**: 4148592
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/cariad-manager-nar-launch-testops>
- **Role**: Automotive
- **Role family**: Automotive
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chattanooga, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-06T21:14:10Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T08:17:38Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 36
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 12932
- **Description truncated**: yes
- **Benefits**: 401k plan
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Autonomous Driving, Automotive Software

## Company

- **Id**: 135
- **Name**: CARIAD
- **Domain**: cariad.technology
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/cariad>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 36

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T08:17:38Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 43
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.779
- **P room**: 0.55
- **Age days**: 36
- **Expected fill days**: 33
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:tail
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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