Firmware Validation Engineer - In-Vehicle Connectivity & Audio

Cortex Consultants LLC; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cortex Consultants LLC is seeking a hands-on Firmware Validation Engineer to join the Firmware - Connectivity and Audio team in Foster City, CA. You will own day-to-day test execution, triage field issues, and drive defect quality across Audio and streaming features.

Responsibilities include validating features, developing test content, closing coverage gaps, and performing root-cause analysis with logs and diagnostic tools.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related; 8+ years in validation/QA for firmware/embedded.
• Experience writing and executing test plans, identifying/closing coverage gaps, and managing defects.
• Strong log triage and debugging with Wireshark, DLT, ADB; field triage experience.
• Familiar with JIRA/Confluence and agile release cycles.

Responsibilities

• Manual feature validation for Audio and streaming features across bench and in-vehicle.
• Test content development: author new test cases and expand suites as features evolve.
• Close coverage gaps by identifying untested paths and tracking coverage health.
• Root-cause analysis: reproduce defects, collect logs, and isolate root cause.
• Field triage: reproduce issues in lab, drive issues to closure with fleet and firmware teams.
• Defect lifecycle: document reproduction steps, logs, severity, and regression follow-up in JIRA.
• Maintain test benches, in-vehicle rigs, and diagnostic setups to stay release-ready.
• Collaborate with firmware leads, product managers, and integration partners on readiness.

Skills

Validation engineering

Firmware/embedded

Python scripting

Linux/Ubuntu

Log analysis

JIRA/Confluence

Field triage

Test plans/cases

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

Wireshark

DLT

ADB

Job description

Cortex Consultants LLC is seeking a hands-on Firmware Validation Engineer to join the Firmware - Connectivity and Audio team in Foster City, CA. You will own day-to-day test execution, triage field issues, and drive defect quality across Audio and streaming features.

Responsibilities include validating features, developing test content, closing coverage gaps, and performing root-cause analysis with logs and diagnostic tools.