Senior Embedded Firmware Validation Engineer (AUTOSAR)

applied; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition is seeking an Embedded Firmware Validation Engineer to design robust HIL test cases for AUTOSAR stacks. You will validate OS scheduling, memory protection, and the automotive communication stack across CAN/CAN-FD, LIN, Ethernet, and more.

You will build test benches, author automated test suites, inject faults, and drive defects to root cause with development teams. Mid to senior level scope will grow with experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years of embedded software validation or firmware testing.
• Working knowledge AUTOSAR (Classic/Adaptive) and validation methods.
• Hands-on testing of automotive protocols (CAN/CAN-FD, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet).
• Python or similar scripting; reading embedded C; Linux CLI familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute validation strategies for AUTOSAR Classic and Adaptive stacks.
• Validate automotive communication protocols end-to-end (CAN/CAN-FD, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet, SOME/IP).
• 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, stack, and hardware failures using trace tools and debuggers.

Skills

Embedded validation

Python scripting

AUTOSAR knowledge

Test methodology

C reading

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE

Tools

CAN/CAN-FD

Automotive Ethernet

HIL/SIL testing

Jira/Polarion

Trace32

Job description

Applied Intuition is seeking an Embedded Firmware Validation Engineer to design robust HIL test cases for AUTOSAR stacks. You will validate OS scheduling, memory protection, and the automotive communication stack across CAN/CAN-FD, LIN, Ethernet, and more.

You will build test benches, author automated test suites, inject faults, and drive defects to root cause with development teams. Mid to senior level scope will grow with experience.