Firmware Validation Engineer
Applied Intuition5 hours ago
Bengaluru, IndiaMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and execute test cases derived from system requirements using HIL test benches, Lab Cars, and manual vehicle testing.
- Perform system and integration testing across infotainment, telematics, cameras, sensors, and in-vehicle networking subsystems.
- Set up, configure, and maintain HIL test environments to validate system functionality and performance.
- Analyze test failures, perform root-cause analysis, and collaborate with engineering teams to debug and resolve issues.
- Work with OEM partners to support integration of OEM functions and communicate test results, risks, and issues.
- Conduct hands-on validation testing on vehicles and prototypes against functional and safety requirements.
- Develop and maintain Python-based test automation scripts to improve test coverage, repeatability, and efficiency.
- Document test procedures, results, findings, issue tracking, and failure analysis.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or an equivalent major.
- At least 4 years of hands-on validation engineering experience in automotive, embedded systems, or electronics industries.
- Proficiency with HIL systems and experience validating automotive systems such as infotainment, ADAS, telematics, sensors, and networking.
- Experience with Python or another programming language for test automation and script development.
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills for identifying, root-causing, and resolving system-level and component-level failures.
- Ability to clearly document test procedures, results, progress, issue tracking, and test failure analysis.
- Preferred experience with low-power state and sleep-current characterization, functional safety, fault injection, ECC memory testing, windowed watchdog testing, and peripheral bring-up or verification.
- Preferred experience with automotive network architectures and protocols including CAN, Ethernet, LIN, and FlexRay.
- Preferred hands-on experience with Vector CANoe, dSPACE ControlDesk, prototype bring-up, debugging, validation, and automotive test automation frameworks.
Benefits
- Full-time employees primarily work from the Applied Intuition office five days per week, with occasional remote-work flexibility based on schedule and personal needs.
- Applied Intuition provides reasonable accommodations for disabled veterans and applicants with disabilities or medical conditions.
- The employer is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor.
About Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition builds software tools, infrastructure, and operating systems for developing, testing, and deploying autonomous and driver-assistance systems across automotive, trucking, defense, construction, mining, and agriculture. It sells enterprise software and services including simulation, sensor data management, HD mapping, and a vehicle OS to OEMs and government customers. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, it counts 18 of the top 20 global automakers and the U.S. military among its users.