Senior HIL & Bench Engineer, Auto V&V & Real-World Tests

Booster; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Gatik is seeking a Senior V&V Engineer – HIL & Bench to build, test, and scale hardware-in-the-loop validation for autonomous vehicle software. You will design real-time test benches, run fault-injection suites, and verify ASIL functional safety on production compute units, ECUs, sensors, and drive-by-wire hardware.

This on-site role is based in Santa Clara, CA, and requires collaboration with Hardware and Autonomy teams to ensure robust, safe, and scalable V&V for next-generation

Qualifications

• Education: B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or Robotics.
• 5+ years in HIL test environment development and execution for autonomous driving, ADAS, or automotive systems.
• Proficiency with CAN, CAN-FD, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, SPI, and GMSL/FPD-Link protocols.

Responsibilities

• HIL Architecture & Maintenance: Design, construct, and maintain multi-ECU HIL test benches representing complete AV vehicle electronics.
• Sensor Injection & Signal Simulation: Integrate sensor simulation technology into real-time test setups.
• Hardware Fault Injection: Develop automated physical and electrical fault-injection test suites (e.g., open circuit, short to ground, latency spikes).
• Automated Test Frameworks: Write robust Python and C++ test scripts within CI/CD pipelines to execute overnight regression suites on physical HIL rigs.
• ISO 26262 Hardware Verification: Execute requirements-based testing to generate formal V&V audit evidence for ISO 26262 hardware functional safety compliance.
• Cross-Team Issue Triaging: Root-cause hardware-software interface bugs, bus timing errors, and ECU communication anomalies with Hardware and Autonomy teams.

Skills

HIL test development

Python scripting

MATLAB/Simulink

CAN/CAN-FD

Automotive Ethernet

Education

B.S./M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or Robotics

Tools

dSPACE SCALEXIO/AutoBox

NI PXI

Vector VT System

Job description

Gatik is seeking a Senior V&V Engineer – HIL & Bench to build, test, and scale hardware-in-the-loop validation for autonomous vehicle software. You will design real-time test benches, run fault-injection suites, and verify ASIL functional safety on production compute units, ECUs, sensors, and drive-by-wire hardware.

This on-site role is based in Santa Clara, CA, and requires collaboration with Hardware and Autonomy teams to ensure robust, safe, and scalable V&V for next-generation