System Test Engineer

ZF Group; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

ZF Group is seeking a System Test Engineer (m/f/d) in Chennai, India, to qualify system features, leverage HIL setups, and drive automation of tests. The role emphasizes improving robustness through defect analysis and stress testing, while coordinating with model teams to advance simulation-based testing.

The candidate should have a 2–4 year background in automotive system testing, knowledge of automotive communication protocols and diagnostics, and experience with modern test management tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelors/Masters in Electrical/ Electronics/ Mechanical/ Control Systems.
• 2–4 years automotive system testing with HIL setups.
• Experience with automotive communication protocols and diagnostics.
• Experience with test management tools and scripting; automation a plus.

Responsibilities

• Qualify features of system under test based on requirements and use cases.
• Increase efficiency by automation and front-loading tests.
• Improve robustness by analyzing defects, leaks, and stress results.
• Comply with process, deliver per plan, communicate deviations.
• Increase simulation-based testing by coordinating with model team.

Skills

System testing

Automotive testing

Test automation

Scripting

Education

Electrical/ Electronics/ Mechanical/ Control Systems degree

Tools

HIL

Diagnostics tools

Test management tools

Job description

Job Description:

What you can look forward to as System Test Engineer (m/f/d):

• Qualify features of system under test based on a clear understanding of the system, its requirements and potential vehicle use case scenarios
• Increase efficiency by automation and front loading of tests
• Improve robustness of testing by incorporating lessons learnt from previous projects, by analyzing defects leaked , stress tests and so on
• Comply to process and deliver as per plan, communicate deviations and mitigation plans, support analysis of problem reports
• Actively increase simulation based testing by identifying model/HW changes needed and interface with the model team for implementation

Your profile as System Test Engineer (m/f/d):

• Bachelors / Masters degree in Electrical / Electronics/Mechanical/Control systems
• 2 to 4 years of automotive system testing experience using Hardware-In-Loop(HIL) setups.
• Experience in automotive communication protocols and Diagnostics and associated tools
• Experience in using modern Requirement , test management and problem reporting tools
• Experience in test automation and related scripting and tools is a plus

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