Automotive Test Automation Engineer-Onsite

About Cognizant's IoT Practice

Intelligent, IoT-enabled products will soon result in the proliferation of data and disrupt virtually all industries. To be successful, both large and small companies must leverage IoT capabilities by designing modern products that fundamentally connect people with processes. Within Cognizant IOT, we engineer industry-aligned, IoT-enabled products that merge industry needs with human drivers. Our intelligent products will revolutionize experiences and result in exciting, transformative outcomes. Without human-centered thinking, connected products are just standalone things—but with it, our modern connected products facilitate a unified way of life enjoyed by all.

About the Role

The Automotive Test Automation Engineer is responsible for delivering a stable and representative test environment to perform automated testing and functional integration of distributed features. This engineer should be capable of working with various Engineering Support teams including systems, wiring, design release engineers, and software teams as required to validate electrical features on the bench and resolve any electrical issues before it gets to production to support successful vehicle launch.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute functional test scenarios and test utilizing user stories contained within Agile Sprints.
• Interface with development and test teams to understand testing requirements and implement automated tests and related tools.
• Review project requirements to ensure requirements are testable.
• All test results following to the merge of related test codes in to Master to be logged (pass/fail), failures to be debugged to assess the root cause of failures allowing only valid defects to be entered into the defect tracking system, JIRA.
• Work with feature engineers to reproduce and troubleshoot defects found in the system.
• Participate in root cause analysis of hardware quality problems and software defects.
• Participate in system design, documentation, and testing to deliver a best in-class infotainment system.
• During sprint planning provide estimates on the amount of time needed to complete testing related tasks.
• Review hardware laboratory nodes and apply corrective and predictive maintenance processes to upkeep that the nodes are in satisfactory condition and functionality.
• Develop debugging process to identify errors in the scripts.
• Analyze the root cause of software failures to correctly prioritize them for subsequent fixing, providing timely validation rounds for both manual and automation.
• Contribute in enhancements towards automation development, optimizing, new feature validation, and testing for upcoming vehicle programs and testing efforts.
• Identify areas of improvement in all facets of testing and velocity tracking.
• Develop and maintain code, scripts, and tools designed to advance and expand test automation capabilities.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience

Pay & Benefits

Compensation: $74,000–$84,000 per year + Bonus

Benefits: Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance, Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off, 401(k) plan and contributions, Long-term/Short-term Disability, Paid Parental Leave, Employee Stock Purchase Plan