Vehicle Software & Systems Validation Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute functional, system, integration, regression, and user acceptance test scenarios based on requirements and Agile user stories.
• Perform hands-on software and system validation in vehicles, laboratory environments, and test benches.
• Prepare and maintain vehicles, testing tools, software, laboratory equipment, and validation environments.
• Interface with development teams to understand testing requirements and ensure requirements are testable.
• Analyze test results, logs, telemetry data, and software behavior to identify failures and determine root causes.
• Debug and troubleshoot software and system failures, reproducing defects and supporting resolution efforts.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, systems, and feature engineers to validate fixes and support program milestones.
• Log and document test results, pass/fail status, and defects within JIRA and associated test management tools.
• Participate in root cause investigations related to software defects and hardware quality issues.
• Support test planning, execution, monitoring, reporting, and release validation activities.
• Contribute to Agile development processes during sprint planning.
• Review and maintain laboratory hardware nodes, implementing corrective and preventive maintenance practices.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Python or similar scripting languages.
• Contribute to test automation enhancements, process improvements, and validation strategies for future vehicle programs.
• Create detailed documentation, bug reports, and technical validation results.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 3-5 years of experience in automotive software testing, vehicle validation, systems engineering, or a related field.
• Experience performing in-vehicle testing and embedded software validation.
• Strong background in functional testing, defect management, and root cause analysis.
• Experience working within Agile/Scrum development environments.
• Hands-on experience with test planning, execution, and validation processes.
• Experience utilizing test management and defect tracking tools.

Preferred

• Test automation and automated scripting experience.
• API interaction and data parsing.
• Log analysis and telemetry interpretation.
• Experience with test automation frameworks.
• Understanding of automotive communication networks.
• Knowledge of vehicle electrical/electronic architectures.
• Infotainment system testing experience.
• ADAS testing experience.
• Familiarity with ISO 26262, ASPICE, and automotive regulatory standards.
• Experience with: Jama, TestRail, Git, CI/CD environments, Software release validation processes.
• Over-the-Air (OTA) software update validation experience.
• Technical writing and process documentation skills.
• Python scripting and automation, API testing and integration validation, Data parsing and analytics, Telemetry interpretation, Software release and CI/CD workflows, Test framework development, Automotive systems integration.