Global R&D Manager Verification and Validation

This is a senior and independent leadership position with responsibility for establishing global verification and validation practices across Surface Mining Automation. You will have a unique opportunity to influence technology decisions, quality standards, and release readiness across a portfolio of strategic automation programs.

Are you passionate about building high-quality, safe, and reliable automation solutions? Do you enjoy bringing people, processes, and technology together to create meaningful impact? Join us in a global leadership role where you will help define how next-generation automation solutions are verified, validated, and released at scale.

At Epiroc, we're accelerating the transformation of mining through automation and digitalization. As our Global R&D Manager Verification & Validation, you will play a key role in ensuring that our solutions are safe, predictable, compliant, and ready to deliver value for our customers around the world.

Join our team

You will be part of Surface Mining R&D Automation, a globally connected organization developing autonomous and software-defined mining solutions. Together with colleagues across R&D, Systems Engineering, Product Management, DevOps, and Release Management, we create innovative technologies that improve safety, productivity, and sustainability in mining operations.

This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the entire automation lifecycle, from early requirements and architecture to system integration, release readiness, and customer acceptance.

Your mission

As Global R&D Manager Verification & Validation, you will establish and lead a global approach to verification and validation, helping ensure the successful delivery of automation solutions across regions and programs.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Defining and continuously improving a global verification and validation strategy aligned with the V-model.
• Leading system- and machine-level verification activities across integrated automation solutions.
• Establishing clear release-readiness criteria, quality gates, and data-driven decision frameworks.
• Ensuring traceability from requirements to verification results, supported by robust documentation and compliance processes.
• Collaborating with engineering teams to identify risks early and improve solution quality from the start.
• Enabling scalable verification through reusable test methods, assets, and environments including HiL, SIL, and virtual testing.
• Supporting FAT/SAT activities and customer acceptance processes.
• Developing global V&V capabilities, common ways of working, knowledge sharing, and a culture of continuous improvement.

Your Profile

We are looking for a collaborative and experienced leader who combines systems thinking with a passion for quality and continuous improvement.

You build trust through expertise, communicate clearly with stakeholders at all levels, and enjoy creating alignment across global teams.

You are equally comfortable engaging with senior leaders on strategic priorities as working closely with engineers and technical specialists to drive execution and solve complex challenges.

You have a leadership style that inspires confidence, builds engagement, and helps teams successfully navigate change in complex global organizations.

With a strong quality mindset and a structured approach, you know how to establish new ways of working, gain stakeholder commitment, and drive sustainable improvements across teams and functions.

You are comfortable making informed decisions based on data and evidence while supporting others in finding solutions to complex challenges.

To be successful in this role, we believe you bring:

• Experience in system-level verification and validation within automation, embedded systems, control systems, software-intensive products, or system integration.
• Strong leadership experience in global or cross-functional environments, with the ability to engage and influence diverse stakeholders.
• Strong experience leading change management initiatives, including organizational, process, or technology transformations and driving adoption across global teams.The ability to communicate effectively at both strategic and operational levels, translating complex technical topics into clear business insights while building strong relationships with engineering teams.
• A strong focus on quality, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Knowledge of verification strategies, requirements traceability, system integration, release processes, and verification environments such as HiL, SIL, or simulation-based testing.
• Experience with customer acceptance activities, field-deployed automation, compliance, or functional safety is considered an advantage.
• A degree in Engineering or a related technical field. Advanced studies and leadership development experience are welcome.
• Professional proficiency in English, both written and spoken.
• Knowledge of Swedish is considered an advantage.

Location and travel

This position is based in Örebro, Sweden.

For the right candidate, a flexible location within one of Epiroc's sites may be considered.

International travel of up to 40% is expected.

Application and contacts
Please send your application, including CV and personal letter, by creating an account in our recruitment system as soon as possible but no later than 19th of November.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the position may be filled before last application date. Please note that, due to the current regulations, we will only consider applications received through our system and not via email or social media. 

For questions about the position please contact recruiting manager: 

Ali Honarpardaz, ali.honarpardaz@epiroc.com

For questions about the process, please contact:
Recruitment specialist Dana Galova, dana.galova@epiroc.com
 

Life at Epiroc
By joining our team, you can expect an atmosphere of creativity, innovation, and workplace diversity. You will be a part of a group of skilled and helpful colleagues who live by our core values: Collaboration, Commitment, and Innovation. We work in a global environment with over 113 different nationalities!  

In addition to the fact that we have a culture that is characterized by development combined with having a good balance between work and leisure, there are some things that makes us a little extra proud to work at Epiroc:  

•    Global career opportunities
•    Epiroc University, for your own competence development 

•    Community involvement  

•    Benefits package, which amongst other things include flexible working hours and bonus.
  

A hybrid workplace 
At Epiroc, we believe that flexibility and collaboration go hand in hand. Our hybrid way of working offers employees the opportunity to balance professional and personal commitments while remaining connected to their teams and the business. Depending on the nature of the role, responsibilities, and individual circumstances, hybrid work arrangements may be available.