Embedded Firmware Validation Engineer — AUTOSAR

Applied Intuition; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. in Sunnyvale is seeking an Embedded Firmware Validation Engineer to design robust HIL test cases for AUTOSAR Classic and Adaptive stacks.

You will validate software at the lowest levels — OS scheduling, memory protection, the communication stack, MCAL, and device drivers — against system and safety requirements. You will build test benches, author automated test suites, inject faults, and drive defects to root cause with development teams.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of embedded software validation or Software Engineer in Test experience, automotive.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE or related field.
• AUTOSAR knowledge (Classic and/or Adaptive), validation methodologies.
• Hands-on testing of automotive communication protocols (CAN/CAN-FD, LIN, FlexRay, Automotive Ethernet).
• Python or similar scripting; reading embedded C.
• Familiarity with HIL/SIL testing and Linux command line.
• Understanding of software testing fundamentals (test design, defect lifecycle).

Responsibilities

• Design and execute validation strategies for AUTOSAR Classic and Adaptive software stacks.
• Validate end-to-end automotive communication protocols including CAN/CAN-FD, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet, SOME/IP, DoIP, PDU Routing, Network Management, and Transport Protocols.
• Verify Safe OS, diagnostics, platform security, and functional safety features.
• Perform functional, robustness, boundary, timing, negative, and fault-injection testing.
• Execute testing on HIL benches, SIL environments, restbus simulations, and target hardware.
• Develop and maintain automated Python (pytest) test frameworks for regression and nightly validation.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines to improve coverage and release quality.
• Investigate and debug software, communication stack, and hardware failures using trace tools, debuggers, and bus analyzers.
• Collaborate with BSW, firmware, and functional safety teams to reproduce, root-cause, and resolve issues.
• Author traceable test cases and validation documentation aligned with ASPICE and software requirements.

Skills

Embedded software validation

Python scripting

AUTOSAR (Classic/Adaptive)

HIL/SIL testing

Linux command line

Test design fundamentals

Trace tools / debuggers

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field

Tools

CANoe

CANalyzer

ControlDesk

TRACE32

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. in Sunnyvale is seeking an Embedded Firmware Validation Engineer to design robust HIL test cases for AUTOSAR Classic and Adaptive stacks.

You will validate software at the lowest levels — OS scheduling, memory protection, the communication stack, MCAL, and device drivers — against system and safety requirements. You will build test benches, author automated test suites, inject faults, and drive defects to root cause with development teams.