Automotive Software Validation Engineer – CDC

Automotive Software Validation Engineer – CDC

Location: Turin

Contract: Five‑day work at office, long‑term opportunity (minimum 1 year, can be extended).

Primary Function

• Work with system engineers and software teams to create, execute, improve, develop and maintain integration test plans.
• Study component function requirements upfront to proactively design test cases at the component, pre‑system and system level.
• Validate the latest software development release through simulation tools, integration benches and/or vehicle test setups, creating test reports and providing feedback to validation leads and the quality team.
• Define component/pre‑system/system test plans to validate requirements and functionalities as documented in the component specifications.
• Develop test scenarios, test applications and generate test procedures to rigorously test component/system requirements and functionalities.
• Perform software integration and troubleshoot multiple applications involved in the projects under test.
• Execute tests to validate the requirements and functionalities as detailed in the test plan.
• Identify, analyze and document any defects discovered during testing using DevOps tools.
• Collaborate with development teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues through root‑cause driven troubleshooting.
• Operate Software‑in‑the‑Loop (SIL) for regression testing as required, creating and executing automated regression tests/scripts, analyzing results and driving issue resolution.
• Perform regression testing as needed, review bugs and troubleshoot.
• Integrate and ensure validation of components, products and systems under development.

Requirements

• Knowledge of embedded operating systems/environments (Linux, AUTOSAR, Android, etc.).
• Knowledge of vehicle electronics architectures and applications, including CAN communication, J1939 protocols and UDS.
• Experience with standard CAN network tools (Vector CANalyzer, CANdela, etc.).
• Knowledge of wireless radio technologies (Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth protocols and stacks).
• Knowledge of typical vehicle functions.
• Knowledge of internet‑related networking and application protocols (TCP/IP, Ethernet, MQTT, XMPP) and web‑based technologies (web services, databases, backend system architectures).
• Knowledge of software testing processes and software testing.
• Basic knowledge of cybersecurity concepts.
• Experience using Eclipse, Git, Postman.
• English language: native or advanced level.

Required Tools

CanCase‑Canalyzer with J1939 license.

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Contract

Job Function

Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting