Telematics System Validation Engineer

Cognizant; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking an automotive test engineer with 5+ years of experience to validate telematics and connected vehicle features across bench, HIL, lab car and vehicle environments. You will perform requirement-based testing, diagnostics, network analysis, and validation reporting as part of a hands-on engineering team.

Responsibilities include end-to-end validation of telematics features, data-flow analysis across ECUs and cloud interfaces, and defect triage with global stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in system validation and testing based on requirements.
• Hands-on troubleshooting with CANoe/CANalyzer and vehicle networks.
• Bench/HIL validation experience and defect lifecycle understanding.
• Strong debugging mindset and clear documentation.

Responsibilities

• Analyze system requirements, feature specs and use cases.
• Prepare and execute test plans, test cases and validation reports.
• Validate telematics features (eCall, OTA, GPS, Wi‑Fi) across vehicle environments.
• Perform end-to-end validation on bench, HIL, lab car and vehicle setups.
• Analyze data flow across ECU, mobile app, backend and cloud interfaces.
• Review CAN/CAN FD, LIN, Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDS, DoIP and OBD logs.
• Reproduce defects and support defect triage with global teams.
• Coordinate with development and supplier teams for issue closure.

Skills

System validation

ECU validation

Vehicle diagnostics

Requirement-based testing

Tools

Vector CANoe

CANalyzer

vTESTstudio

dSPACE

CAPL scripting

Job description

Role Summary

Location- Bangalore

We are looking for an engineer with 5+ years of automotive testing experience to validate telematics and connected vehicle features across bench, HIL, lab car, and vehicle environments. The candidate should be hands‑on in requirement‑based testing, diagnostics, network analysis, issue debugging, and validation reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze system requirements, feature specifications, interface documents, and use cases.
• Prepare and execute test plans, test cases, validation reports, and requirement traceability.
• Validate telematics features such as eCall/bCall, remote vehicle operations, OTA, vehicle health, connected services, GPS/GNSS, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, and cellular connectivity.
• Perform system, integration, functional, regression, and end‑to‑end validation on bench, HIL, lab car, prototype, and vehicle setups.
• Validate data flow across vehicle ECU, TCU, mobile app, backend, and cloud interfaces.
• Analyze CAN, CAN FD, LIN, Ethernet, TCP/IP, UDS, DoIP, and OBD communication logs.
• Reproduce defects, analyze traces/DTCs/logs, perform root cause analysis, and support defect triage.
• Coordinate with development, systems, supplier, and customer teams for closure of validation issues.

Mandatory Skills

Area

Must Have

Area

Must Have

Automotive

• System validation, ECU validation, vehicle diagnostics, requirement-based testing

Protocols

• CAN, CAN FD, Ethernet, TCP/IP

Diagnostics

• UDS, DoIP, OBD-II, DTC analysis

Tools

• Vector CANoe, CANalyzer,

Connectivity

• LTE/4G/5G, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, GPS/GNSS

Automation

• Python/CAPL scripting; vTESTstudio preferred

Preferred Skills

OTA update validation, cybersecurity validation awareness, cloud connectivity testing, Android Automotive exposure, HIL testing using dSPACE/Vector, Automotive SPICE awareness, and connected vehicle ecosystem understanding.

Expected Profile for 5-Year Candidate

• Minimum 3 years of direct exposure to telematics, connected vehicle, infotainment, or ECU validation.
• Hands‑on experience with CANoe/CANalyzer and vehicle network troubleshooting.
• Experience in vehicle‑level or bench/HIL validation and defect lifecycle management.
• Strong debugging mindset, clear documentation, and ability to communicate with global stakeholders.