Validation and Tools Engineer - Mobile Ecosystem

Title: Validation and Tools Engineer - Mobile Ecosystem

Pay Rate: $50/hr+ DOE

Location: Palo Alto, CA. 3+ days onsite with flexibility for remote work

Type: Assignment 6-months

Novus Labs is our sibling company that provides engineering support to the largest tech companies in bringing some of the most innovative products to market. We're helping them find a Validation and Tools Engineer for their client who is a forward thinking electrical automotive company that combines innovation, design and technologies to deliver cutting edge products.

• Develop detailed test strategies and processes ensuring coverage for performance and safety traction-based systems, work closely with firmware/hardware/project management teams and making sure QA requirements are aligned with overall product goals and deliverables.
• Design and implement test automation framework for continuous integration and testing pipelines.
• Oversee the design and execution of automated regression testing.
• Manage SIL and HIL test environments, driving playing critical role in SW/HW integration.
• Manage and oversee entire SW release process, identify fixes and resolutions before deployment.
• Root cause analysis and driving corrective actions.
• Initiative for improvement for QA metrics and processes.
• Reporting QA results, issues and risks.
• Work with cross functional group to determine hardware testing needs and support testing and validation effort.

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or other relevant fields.
• 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, embedded software/firmware development, preferably with vertically integrated consumer products within the automotive industry.
• Technical domain expertise in validation of a mobile app ecosystem across vendor OS versions and device variants for functionality, reliability, compatibility and UI/UX workflows. Knowledge of the backend connectivity from these devices is expected.
• Experience with embedded systems and real time software testing, preferable in automotive/traction systems.
• Experience in C/C++, Python, and scripting in test automation.
• Expertise in various protocols and their physical layers (I2C, SPI, CAN, CAN-FD, USB-PD etc).
• Experience with Software/Firmware validation and automation testing in the automotive industry.
• Experience in CI/CD automation workflows (Jenkins or similar).
• Familiarity with UDS or XCP protocols.
• Familiarity with real-time operating system platforms, ideally in functional-safety critical applications.
• Familiarity with hardware/software architecture selection with cost and performance tradeoffs (OS, MCU, etc... selection).
• Passion for and demonstrated proficiency in working with cross-functional hardware and software teams.

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