Test Automation Architect

Job Description

At Bose Automotive, we create premium in-vehicle audio and sound management experiences for the world’s leading OEMs. The Test Automation Architect is a senior technical leadership role responsible for defining, governing, and evolving a global automated test strategy to validate complex automotive software and systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the global end-to-end automotive test automation strategy across unit, integration, SIL, HIL, and system-level testing
• Architect scalable, reusable, and AI-assisted automation frameworks aligned with platform roadmaps and multi-customer programs
• Drive standardization of test tools, infrastructure, governance models, and automation best practices across global teams
• Ensure optimal balance between test coverage, execution time, cost, and long-term maintainability
• Review and align regional test strategies with global architectural direction
• Define HIL architectures, requirements, and interfaces in collaboration with systems, hardware, and platform teams
• Specify HIL capabilities for integration validation, regression testing, fault injection, robustness, and performance testing
• Guide selection and integration of HIL hardware, I/O, simulation models, and automotive networks such as CAN, A2B and Ethernet
• Ensure HIL solutions are scalable, reusable, and aligned with OEM, ASPICE, and internal quality requirements
• Lead design of technically rigorous automated test cases derived from system, software, and safety requirements
• Responsible for automated test delivery across all OEM programs to meet customer milestones
• Establish and enforce requirements-to-test traceability supporting ASPICE and customer audit expectations
• Define best practices for deterministic, observable, and diagnosable automated tests
• Review complex or high-risk test designs and mentor teams on advanced validation techniques
• Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to enable rapid feedback and continuous quality
• Develop and track metrics for test effectiveness, coverage, stability, and defect escape
• Serve as the global technical authority for test automation architecture across automotive programs
• Partner with software, systems, hardware, DevOps, and quality teams to influence design-for-testability
• Mentor engineers and elevate organizational test automation maturity
• Provide technical estimates for test-related activities and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience
• Significant experience architecting test automation solutions for embedded or complex systems
• Hands-on expertise with automotive HIL systems and system-level validation
• Strong programming skills in Python (essential)
• Experience working with global, cross-functional automotive engineering teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Automotive OEM or Tier-1 development experience
• Working knowledge of ASPICE or similar automotive quality standards
• Automotive digital cockpit testing experience including Navigation, Bluetooth, Apple CarPlay, and Android Auto
• Experience with Vector tools such as CANoe, CANalyzer, and vTestStudio
• Strong programming experience in C/C++; familiarity with CAPL is preferred
• Familiarity with Android, Linux, and QNX-based infotainment systems
• Experience with audio analyzers and audio processing fundamentals