Cognizant

OTA test automation

Cognizant
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10 hours ago
Mexico City, MexicoSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design verification and validation strategies for automotive systems aligned with quality goals and regulatory expectations.
  • Develop reusable automated test scripts using Python and Bash for embedded functions, communication interfaces, and system behaviors.
  • Create and maintain CAPL-based test cases for CAN bus networks, including message integrity, timing, and diagnostic-service validation.
  • Execute manual and automated tests in laboratory and bench environments to identify functional, performance, and integration defects.
  • Analyze CAN bus and automation-framework logs, determine root causes, and provide reproducible defect reports.
  • Collaborate with developers, system engineers, and safety specialists to define testability criteria and clarify requirements.
  • Prepare test plans, procedures, traceability matrices, execution reports, and other audit and customer-review documentation.
  • Optimize automation frameworks and regression pipelines for execution speed and reliability.
  • Support field and lab validation campaigns, including test-equipment preparation and test-data collection.
  • Communicate findings, risks, and recommendations to technical and nontechnical stakeholders and follow automotive quality practices.

Requirements

  • Strong experience designing and executing automotive verification and validation campaigns for embedded control units and communication networks.
  • Advanced scripting skills in Python and Bash for test automation, log analysis, and verification utilities.
  • Proficiency in CAPL scripting and CAN bus testing, including tool configuration, trace interpretation, and protocol validation.
  • Knowledge of automotive diagnostic communication and network-management protocols.
  • Experience with automotive test-automation approaches, framework selection, test-data management, and continuous-integration pipeline integration.
  • Familiarity with requirements traceability, coverage measurement, and system-integration strategies for complex vehicle functions.
  • Strong English communication skills for technical specifications, documentation, and collaboration with global teams.
  • ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Analyst certification or equivalent automotive testing certification, such as Automotive SPICE-related training.

Benefits

  • Hybrid day-shift work environment.
  • Travel to laboratories or client sites may be required.
  • Work may involve international coordination across hybrid locations.

Tech Stack

BashPython

Categories

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About Cognizant

10,000+ employees

Cognizant is a public IT services and consulting firm that designs, builds, and runs enterprise technology, including digital engineering, cloud modernization, data/AI, and managed services. It sells consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing on multi-year engagements to large enterprises in healthcare, banking, retail, communications, and manufacturing. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, Cognizant is NASDAQ-listed (CTSH) and a Fortune 500 company.

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