Software Integration Engineer

Jobtailor; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Palo Alto is seeking a test engineer to validate infotainment software functionality, stability, and connectivity. You will conduct deep‑drive troubleshooting using system logs and tools to isolate root causes before reporting.

You will also manage the test bench environment, ensuring correct setup of software and hardware for end‑to‑end testing across HW/SW boundaries and applying a white‑box mindset to test design and automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Experience creating test plans for code changes, including smoke test, targeted regression, and testing high‑risk areas such as state changes, platform upgrades, and power cycles.
• Ability to apply a white‑box testing mindset, designing tests that leverage knowledge of internal components (services, APIs, middleware) rather than relying solely on “black box” validation.
• Experience validating complex "system‑of‑systems" products, such as consumer electronics, mobile devices, or robotics; this background is highly relevant and not limited to automotive.
• Capability to triage issues and write bug reports with analysis that developers can act on immediately, including reproduction steps, clear expected vs. actual behavior, and precise evidence like timestamps and key log excerpts.
• Hands‑on hardware/software integration experience, including bench bring‑up, flashing, and end‑to‑end feature validation across HW/SW boundaries.
• Working knowledge of Linux (CLI, logs/journalctl, networking, permissions, scripting) for debugging, automation, and test execution.
• Experience with Hardware‑in‑the‑Loop (HIL) testing, including setup/configuration, signal simulation, test execution, and result analysis.
• Python automation skills (strong plus): building test utilities, log parsing/triage scripts.

Responsibilities

• Validate the functionality and stability of platform, connectivity, and diagnostics features for infotainment software.
• Perform deep‑drive troubleshooting on test failures, utilizing system logs and tools to isolate the root cause before reporting.
• Manage and maintain the test bench environment, ensuring software and hardware are correctly set up for testing.

Skills

White-box testing

Test planning

Bug triage

HIL testing

Linux debugging

Python scripting

HW/SW integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent

Tools

Bench bring-up

Flashing

Job description

Responsibilities

• Validate the functionality and stability of platform, connectivity, and diagnostics features for infotainment software.
• Perform deep‑drive troubleshooting on test failures, utilizing system logs and tools to isolate the root cause before reporting.
• Manage and maintain the test bench environment, ensuring software and hardware are correctly set up for testing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• Experience creating test plans for code changes, including smoke test, targeted regression, and testing high‑risk areas such as state changes, platform upgrades, and power cycles.
• Ability to apply a white‑box testing mindset, designing tests that leverage knowledge of internal components (services, APIs, middleware) rather than relying solely on “black box” validation.
• Experience validating complex "system‑of‑systems" products, such as consumer electronics, mobile devices, or robotics; this background is highly relevant and not limited to automotive.
• Capability to triage issues and write bug reports with analysis that developers can act on immediately, including reproduction steps, clear expected vs. actual behavior, and precise evidence like timestamps and key log excerpts.
• Hands‑on hardware/software integration experience, including bench bring‑up, flashing, and end‑to‑end feature validation across HW/SW boundaries.
• Working knowledge of Linux (CLI, logs/journalctl, networking, permissions, scripting) for debugging, automation, and test execution.
• Experience with Hardware‑in‑the‑Loop (HIL) testing, including setup/configuration, signal simulation, test execution, and result analysis.
• Python automation skills (strong plus): building test utilities, log parsing/triage scripts.