OTA test automation

Cognizant; Ciudad de México; Hybrid; MXN 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cognizant seeks an Advanced OTA Test Automation professional to lead verification and validation for complex embedded and networked vehicle systems. You will design and execute automated tests using Python, Bash, CAPL, and CAN bus to validate automotive protocols and system behavior while collaborating with global teams.

Travel to labs or client sites may be required. You will craft test strategies, build reusable automation scripts, and maintain CAPL-based tests, ensuring coverage, timing

Qualifications

• Experience designing and executing automotive verification and validation campaigns for embedded control units and networks.
• Advanced scripting skills in Python and Bash for test automation, log analysis, and utilities.
• Proficiency in CAPL scripting and CAN bus testing to verify protocol implementations.
• Knowledge of automotive protocols like diagnostic communication and network management.
• Experience integrating test data management and CI pipelines with automotive verification workflows.
• Strong English communication for collaboration with global teams.

Responsibilities

• Design verification and validation strategies for automotive systems with project quality and regulatory alignment.
• Develop reusable automated test scripts in Python and Bash for embedded functions and interfaces.
• Create and maintain CAPL test cases for CAN bus networks ensuring message integrity and timing constraints.
• Execute manual and automated test suites in labs and bench setups to find defects and gaps.
• Analyze test results and logs to identify root causes and provide reproducible steps for developers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to clarify requirements and ensure verification matches real-world use cases.
• Provide detailed test documentation including plans, procedures, and traceability matrices.
• Coordinate test activities across hybrid and international locations to keep assets and datasets consistent.
• Optimize test automation frameworks to reduce execution time and ensure regression coverage.
• Support field and lab validation campaigns requiring travel and proper data collection.
• Engage in continuous improvement to adopt new CAN bus analysis tools and scripting practices.

Skills

Python scripting

Bash scripting

CAPL scripting

CAN bus testing

Test automation frameworks

English communication

Tools

CAN bus tools

CI pipelines

CAPL tooling

Job description

Job Summary

Advanced OTA Test Automation role in a hybrid day shift environment focusing on automotive verification and validation for complex embedded and networked vehicle systems. The role involves designing and executing automated test strategies using Python Bash CAPL and CAN bus to validate automotive protocols and system behavior. The analyst will collaborate across global teams support customer programs and travel as needed to labs or client sites.

Responsibilities

• Design comprehensive verification and validation strategies for automotive systems that align with project quality goals and regulatory expectations while optimizing coverage and efficiency through structured test design.
• Develop reusable automated test scripts using Python and Bash to validate embedded functions communication interfaces and system behaviors in a consistent manner across multiple vehicle platforms.
• Create and maintain CAPL based test cases for CAN bus networks to verify message integrity timing constraints and diagnostic services against defined automotive protocol specifications.
• Execute manual and automated test suites in lab environments and on bench setups to detect functional defects performance issues and integration gaps in automotive electronic control units.
• Analyze test results and log files from CAN bus tools and automation frameworks to identify root causes of anomalies and provide clear defect descriptions and reproducible steps for development teams.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams including developers system engineers and safety specialists to clarify requirements define testability criteria and ensure that verification activities fully reflect real world automotive use cases.
• Provide detailed test documentation including test plans procedures traceability matrices and execution reports that support audits customer reviews and continuous improvement of verification practices.
• Coordinate test activities across hybrid work settings and international locations ensuring that automation assets environments and datasets remain consistent version controlled and accessible to all stakeholders.
• Optimize test automation frameworks and pipelines to reduce execution time improve reliability and ensure that regression suites are triggered at appropriate milestones in the automotive development lifecycle.
• Support field and lab based validation campaigns that may require travel by preparing test equipment managing test data collection and ensuring that observations are accurately captured for later analysis.
• Engage in continuous improvement initiatives to refine verification methodologies adopt new tools for CAN bus analysis and scripting and strengthen alignment with emerging automotive protocols and standards.
• Communicate findings risks and recommendations in clear English to technical and nontechnical partners enabling informed decisions on release readiness and future enhancements that improve vehicle safety and reliability.
• Ensure adherence to company quality processes and industry best practices in automotive verification and validation contributing to safer more dependable mobility solutions for customers and society.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate strong experience in designing and executing automotive verification and validation campaigns with a focus on embedded control units and communication networks within the stated experience range.
• Exhibit advanced scripting skills in Python and Bash applied to test automation frameworks log analysis and creation of utilities that streamline repetitive verification tasks.
• Show proficiency in CAPL scripting and CAN bus based testing including configuring tools interpreting traces and validating automotive protocol implementations against requirements.
• Apply solid knowledge of automotive protocols such as diagnostic communication and network management to design tests that reveal interoperability and robustness issues.
• Utilize proven experience in test automation approaches for automotive systems including framework selection test data management and integration with continuous integration pipelines.
• Display familiarity with auto verification and validation domain concepts such as requirement traceability coverage measurement and system integration strategies for complex vehicle functions.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills in English for reading specifications writing detailed documentation and speaking with global teams to ensure shared understanding of test objectives and outcomes.

Certifications Required

ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level Test Analyst or equivalent automotive testing certification such as Automotive SPICE related training.