Verification and Validation Engineer - Avionics

Location: Onsite role in Deer Valley AZ.

About the role

At Capgemini Engineering, the world leader in engineering services, we bring together a global team of engineers, scientists, and architects to help the world’s most innovative companies unleash their potential. From autonomous cars to life-saving robots, our digital and software technology experts think outside the box as they provide unique R&D and engineering services across all industries. Join us for a career full of opportunities. Where you can make a difference. Where no two days are the same.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and debug Python-based hardware validation scripts for board-level and interface-level testing.
• Translate hardware requirements into executable test procedures and pass/fail criteria.
• Interface and lab skills (explicitly list) Hands-on with interfaces like UART/RS-422/RS-485, SPI, I2C, GPIO, Ethernet/CAN (as relevant).
• Comfortable using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, DMMs, power supplies, and signal generators.
• Debugging expectations: Root-cause failures across script logic, firmware, and hardware bring-up issues. Perform triage with clear issue isolation: test setup vs script defect vs hardware defect.
• Code quality expectations: Write maintainable, modular Python with logging, retries/timeouts, and robust error handling. Use version control (Git), code reviews, and basic CI/test execution workflows.
• Traceability and documentation: Maintain requirement-to-test traceability and test evidence (logs, captures, summaries). Document setup instructions, known failure modes, and reusable troubleshooting playbooks.
• Independence + ownership: Own test development from test design through lab execution and closure. Proactively improve script reliability and test throughput.
• Provide weekly status and share information and best practices with other team members.

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• Strong proficiency in Python programming for hardware automation, validation, and test development.
• Solid understanding of digital and embedded hardware systems, communication protocols, and board-level debugging techniques.
• Hands-on experience with hardware test equipment and laboratory environments.

Pay

The base compensation range for this role in the posted location is $73,150 - $159,600 per year. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for additional compensation such as variable incentives, bonuses, or commissions, depending on the position and applicable laws.

Benefits

Capgemini offers a comprehensive, non-negotiable benefits package to all regular, full-time employees. In the U.S. and Canada, available benefits are determined by local policy and eligibility and may include: Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave; Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada); Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada); Life and disability insurance; Employee assistance programs; Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility.