SIL Test Engineer

Pi-Square Technologies LLC; Warrendale (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 95,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Pi-Square Technologies LLC in Warrendale, PA, is seeking a SIL Test Engineer to design and execute test solutions for automotive software platforms, focusing on Software-in-the-Loop validation and automated testing.

You will validate SDV software across virtual ECUs, middleware, and vehicle networks, using Python-based test automation, Linux environments, and CI/CD tooling.

Qualifications

• Experience with SIL/virtual validation for automotive software.
• Strong Python-based test automation skills and Linux-based validation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated regression testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute unit, integration, functional, system, and regression tests for SDV software components.
• Validate automotive applications, middleware, communication services, and platform software.
• Analyze test failures, logs, traces, and interfaces to identify defects and support root-cause analysis.
• Develop reusable and scalable test frameworks for automated validation.
• Participate in requirement analysis and derive appropriate test scenarios and test cases.
• Perform validation in SIL and virtual ECU environments and support migration toward virtualized test environments.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and support testing automation across environments.

Skills

Python

Linux

CI/CD

Test automation

Automotive software testing

Tools

Jenkins

Git

QNX

AUTOSAR

Job description

SIL Test Engineer

We are looking for an experienced Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) Test & Validation Engineer to develop and execute test solutions for next-generation automotive software platforms.

The role will focus on SIL/virtual validation, automated testing, integration and functional validation of automotive software, covering virtual ECUs, middleware, communication stacks, operating systems, and vehicle networks.

The engineer will work across application, middleware, platform, and ECU/SoC environments, with strong emphasis on Python-based test automation and Linux-based validation.

Key Responsibilities

1. SDV Software Test & Validation

• Develop and execute unit, integration, functional, system, and regression tests for SDV software components.
• Validate automotive applications, middleware, communication services, and platform software.
• Analyze software behavior, test failures, logs, traces, and interfaces to identify defects and support root-cause analysis.
• Develop reusable and scalable test frameworks for automated validation.
• Participate in requirement analysis and derive appropriate test scenarios and test cases.

2. Python-Based Test Automation

• Develop Python-based test scripts, utilities, and automation frameworks.
• Automate test execution, result collection, log analysis, and reporting.
• Use C/C++ knowledge to understand and validate compiled automotive software.
• Support automated regression testing as part of CI/CD pipelines.

3. SIL & Virtual ECU Validation

• Perform validation in Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) and virtual ECU environments.
• Work with Virtual ECUs (vECUs) for software integration and functional validation.
• Validate interaction between:
  • Automotive application software
  • Compiled control algorithms
  • Middleware
  • Vehicle communication
  • Plant/environment models
• Support migration of applicable testing from physical ECU/HIL environments toward virtualized test environments.

4. Test Automation & CI/CD

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with technologies such as:
  • Jenkins
  • Git
  • Linux-based test environments
  • Containerized execution environments
• Support continuous integration, automated regression, test execution and reporting.

5. SDV Platform & Automotive Software Validation

• Test software running on automotive microcontrollers (MCUs) and SoCs.
• Work with AUTOSAR Classic and/or Adaptive AUTOSAR platforms.
• Validate SDV applications and services across heterogeneous compute environments.
• Understand interaction between application software, middleware, operating system, communication stack, and underlying hardware.

6. Vehicle Network & Protocol Validation

• Hands-on understanding/testing experience with one or more of the following:
  • Vehicle Networks
  • CAN / CAN FD
  • J1939
  • LIN
  • Automotive Ethernet
  • SDV / Middleware Communication
  • DDS
  • SOME/IP
  • Diagnostics & Communication
  • UDS
  • DoIP
  • AUTOSAR COM stack

7. Operating Systems & Platform Environment

• Experience testing or developing automotive applications on one or more of:
  • Linux
  • QNX
  • AUTOSAR OS
  • Android / Android Automotive environments
• Pi-square technologies is a Michigan (USA) Headquartered Automotive Embedded Engineering Services company, Synergy Partner for major OEMs and Tier 1s and their implementation partners in Automotive Embedded Product Development, Projects, Requirements Analysis, Software Design, Software Implementation, Efficient Build, Release Process, and turnkey software V & V Services. We have more than 20+ years of industry expertise with specialization in the latest cutting-edge automotive technologies such as Infotainment, connected vehicles, Cyber security, OTA, and Advanced Safety/ Body electronics.