Embedded Software Test Engineer – Onboard Automation

Socket.dev; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 209,700 - 266,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive equity package

Job summary

Wayve in Sunnyvale, CA is hiring an Embedded Software Test Engineer to validate onboard software before full-vehicle testing. You will test across embedded compute platforms and operating systems to ensure software is reliable and ready for real-world deployment, while building automated tests and enabling faster iteration across teams.

This full-time, hybrid role emphasizes testing across hardware and software boundaries, collaborating with engineers, and improving software quality with

Qualifications

• Experience testing embedded software systems, ideally on Linux or QNX-based platforms.
• Strong programming skills in Python, C++, or similar languages for test development and automation.
• Experience working with embedded hardware platforms and understanding hardware/software interactions.
• Proven ability to debug and triage complex issues across system layers.
• Understanding of software testing principles, including automation, integration testing, and system validation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute automated tests for onboard software subsystems (OS, middleware, sensors, and integration points).
• Validate software behavior on embedded hardware platforms within hardware-in-the-loop environments.
• Collaborate with software engineers to identify test gaps and build coverage for new and existing features.
• Debug and triage system-level issues across software and hardware boundaries.
• Enable developer self-service testing by contributing to CI pipelines and reusable test frameworks.
• Support expansion of test coverage by leveraging existing validation tests and shifting them earlier in the development cycle.

Job description

Wayve in Sunnyvale, CA is hiring an Embedded Software Test Engineer to validate onboard software before full-vehicle testing. You will test across embedded compute platforms and operating systems to ensure software is reliable and ready for real-world deployment, while building automated tests and enabling faster iteration across teams.

This full-time, hybrid role emphasizes testing across hardware and software boundaries, collaborating with engineers, and improving software quality with