Software Validation Engineer — Test Automation & QA

191 Altera Corporation; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera in San Jose, CA seeks a Software Validation Engineer to ensure the quality of our software solutions for programmable logic devices. Design, develop, and execute test plans for software components and drivers; automate tests with Python, Perl, or Bash; track defects with Jira or Bugzilla; and collaborate across software, hardware, and applications teams.

The role requires 3+ years in software validation, a CS/CE degree, and strong communication.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software validation, QA, or testing experience.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and testing methodologies.
• Experience with defect tracking and version control systems.
• Familiarity with HDL (Verilog/VHDL) and FPGA design flows is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans and cases for software components and drivers.
• Automate testing using scripting languages and established frameworks.
• Identify, document, and track defects; report findings to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, and applications teams to ensure testability.
• Develop and maintain test environments and contribute to validation process improvements.

Skills

Test planning

Test automation

Python

Perl

Tcl

Bug tracking

Jira

Bugzilla

Git

Perforce

SDLC knowledge

Verilog/VHDL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Jira

Bugzilla

Git

Perforce

Job description

Altera in San Jose, CA seeks a Software Validation Engineer to ensure the quality of our software solutions for programmable logic devices. Design, develop, and execute test plans for software components and drivers; automate tests with Python, Perl, or Bash; track defects with Jira or Bugzilla; and collaborate across software, hardware, and applications teams.

The role requires 3+ years in software validation, a CS/CE degree, and strong communication.