Senior Staff Validation & Tools Engineer

Responsibilities

• Define the technical vision, architecture, and roadmap for embedded firmware and software validation.
• Design, scale, and maintain SIL and HIL validation infrastructure for automated system-level testing, regression coverage, release readiness, and issue reproduction.
• Build automated validation frameworks and metrics covering test coverage, defect escape rate, regression health, automation coverage, and release readiness.
• Lead validation planning for new features, firmware releases, connectivity workflows, and system-level product behavior.
• Partner with Hardware, Firmware, Systems, Mobile, Cloud, Product, and Test Engineering teams to ensure requirements are testable and validation plans are aligned.
• Lead root-cause analysis for complex issues across hardware, firmware, embedded software, connectivity, and test infrastructure.
• Develop Python-based automated test tooling and integrate validation workflows into Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar systems.
• Use SIL/HIL environments, embedded debug tools, logs, sniffers, and hardware interfaces to reproduce and isolate defects.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and communicate validation status, technical risks, quality trends, and release readiness to leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience in software quality engineering and embedded systems testing.
• Technical leadership experience scaling complex validation frameworks and leading validation strategy or test architecture for embedded, connected, automotive, mobility, IoT, or software-defined vehicle platforms.
• Hands-on experience building automated validation frameworks for firmware, embedded software, system-level testing, or hardware-in-the-loop environments.
• Experience testing RTOS-based or Linux-based embedded systems, including embedded architectures, microcontrollers, bootloaders, firmware updates, and hardware/software interfaces.
• Practical experience with JTAG, serial consoles, SWD, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, or equivalent embedded debug tools.
• Experience validating connectivity, location services, mobile-connected features, or wireless technologies including cellular, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, BLE, or GNSS.
• Strong Python programming and scripting skills with Robot Framework, Pytest, or similar automation frameworks.
• Working knowledge of Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar CI and automated validation platforms.
• Experience with SIL and HIL validation, test execution, automation, reporting, defect reproduction, and regression analysis.
• Familiarity with test management, requirements management, and bug tracking tools used for release reporting and validation traceability.
• Hands-on experience with UDS, XCP, CAN, CAN-FD, I2C, SPI, UART, USB, USB-PD, or similar embedded and automotive communication protocols.
• Experience with automotive network analysis or sniffer tools such as Vector CANoe or CANalyzer.
• Ability to lead root-cause analysis, communicate technical trade-offs and quality risks, and mentor engineers.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance covered up to 100%, with FSA and HSA options.
• One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates.
• Fertility and family-building benefits through Progyny.
• Flexible time off.
• 401(k) match.
• Located in Silicon Valley; compensation depends on experience, qualifications, and location.