Senior Embedded Software Verification Engineer
Advanced Navigation4 days ago
Sydney, AustraliaSenior
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain automated embedded software tests in Python.
- Design and maintain software simulation and emulation environments for scenario, edge-case, and fault-injection testing.
- Integrate simulations and emulators with Pytest, GitLab CI, and hardware-in-the-loop systems.
- Establish and enhance automated HITL tests using inertial navigation system hardware.
- Improve GitLab CI pipelines, runner performance, test coverage, and simulation fidelity.
- Triage test failures and own keeping the test pipeline green.
- Implement requirements tracing, monitor code coverage, and produce verification reports.
- Document and communicate test results and ensure test cases are established during planning and development.
- Interface with automated test equipment such as robot arms and rotary stages.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience in hardware and software testing, with emphasis on automated testing and continuous integration.
- Experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop testing and integrating hardware with test systems.
- Extensive experience with continuous integration systems.
- Experience designing, developing, and maintaining embedded software simulation and emulation environments using QEMU, Renode, Simics, or equivalent tools.
- Strong Python programming skills and experience developing test frameworks and scripts.
- Experience with Inertial Navigation Systems or related technologies such as GNSS and sensors.
- Knowledge of FPGA testing methodologies and tools such as cocotb.
- Experience interfacing with automated test equipment.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, debugging, communication, planning, and documentation skills.
- Strong ownership, initiative, attention to detail, time management, and follow-through.
- Strong mathematics and physics background, control systems proficiency, and MATLAB proficiency are nice to have.
About Advanced Navigation
Advanced Navigation develops and manufactures navigation and autonomy hardware and software for GPS‑challenged environments, spanning inertial navigation systems, GNSS/INS, USBL acoustic positioning, fiber‑optic gyros, and compact autonomous underwater vehicles. It sells to defense, aerospace, marine, and industrial robotics customers through direct product sales and integration support. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Sydney, the company is privately held and manufactures in Australia for global export.