Platform Software Validation Engineer

Required Skills & Experience

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Hands-on experience validating and debugging embedded microcontrollers (ARM Cortex-M, ESP32, or similar).
• Strong knowledge of automotive communication protocols including Ethernet, CAN FD, LIN, and UDS diagnostics/flashing.
• Experience with automotive silicon platforms, Ethernet PHYs/switches, and low-level hardware peripherals.
• Understanding of ISO 26262 functional safety and safety-critical software validation.
• Strong programming skills in Python for test automation and C for embedded software development and debugging.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience with automotive networking and traffic generation tools (Vector, Intrepid, media converters, packet injection tools).
• Knowledge of network performance and traffic analysis tools such as Keysight IxNetwork, Spirent TestCenter, and Scapy.
• Experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing, bench automation, and debug tools including Lauterbach Trace32, dSPACE, and Vector VT System.
• Ability to configure and troubleshoot low-level hardware components, registers, clocks, and peripheral drivers.
• Familiarity with code coverage, unit testing, static analysis, and MISRA compliance tools (Cantata, Parasoft, QAC, Coverity).
• Experience validating safety-critical embedded software in support of ISO 26262 compliance.

Job Description

• Validate embedded platform software, drivers, bootloaders, and automotive Ethernet functionality on next-generation ECUs.
• Design and execute automated and manual test strategies to ensure system performance, reliability, and ISO 26262 functional safety compliance.
• Develop Python-based test automation frameworks and create embedded test applications in C/C++/Rust.
• Analyze and troubleshoot hardware-software interactions, networking performance, and communication protocols in automotive systems.
• Support end-to-end validation of safety-critical embedded platforms from silicon bring-up through production readiness.