Job Title: Automotive Data Engineering Tester
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :
Validate end-to-end vehicle-to-cloud data pipelines across ingestion, processing, storage and consumption layers.
- Perform source-to-target validation for ETL and ELT workflows, including mappings, transformation rules, reconciliation and exception handling.
- Test batch and near-real-time processing for accuracy, completeness, sequencing, duplication, latency and data loss.
- Validate Connected Vehicle and telematics datasets such as vehicle health, GPS/location, fuel consumption, driver behaviour, diagnostic trouble codes, powertrain, EV battery and OTA campaign data.
- Test REST APIs, microservices and integrations between vehicle systems, telematics platforms, cloud services, enterprise applications and analytics solutions.
- Validate Kafka topics, producers, consumers, connectors and event-streaming workflows.
- Develop reusable automated data-validation scripts and utilities using Python and SQL.
- Execute functional, integration, regression, data migration, database and production-readiness testing.
- Prepare test strategy, test plans, test cases, test data, traceability, defect reports and test completion reports.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, release planning, defect triage, root-cause analysis and continuous quality improvement.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- 4-8 years of experience in data testing, ETL testing, data engineering testing or quality engineering.
- Strong hands-on SQL skills, including complex queries, joins, reconciliation and database validation.
- Experience testing ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehouses, data lakes and high-volume data platforms.
- Working knowledge of Python and a test automation framework such as PyTest.
- Experience with REST API testing using Postman or equivalent tools.
- Knowledge of Kafka or a comparable event-streaming platform.
- Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server or MySQL.
- Exposure to AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform.
- Understanding of data-quality dimensions including accuracy, completeness, consistency, uniqueness, validity and timeliness.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum and DevOps delivery environments.
AUTOMOTIVE DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE
Automotive Data Engineering Tester | HR-Ready Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION | AUTOMOTIVE & CONNECTED VEHICLE
- Connected Vehicle and telematics platforms
- Vehicle-to-cloud data flows and vehicle signal data
- Vehicle diagnostics and Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTCs)
- Over-the-Air (OTA) software and firmware updates
- CAN / CAN-FD and UDS diagnostics
- Fleet management and commercial or passenger vehicle platforms
- Software Defined Vehicle concepts
PREFERRED TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Snowflake and Databricks
- GitHub and GitHub Actions
- AWS S3, Lambda, Glue and IAM
- CI/CD and DevOps tooling
- Azure Data Factory or equivalent
- MongoDB or another NoSQL database
- Performance testing of data pipelines
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Engineering, Electronics, Automotive Engineering or a related discipline.
- ISTQB certification is preferred.
- AWS, Azure, GCP, Snowflake or Databricks certification is an advantage.
KEY COMPETENCIES
- Analytical thinking and structured problem solving
- Attention to detail and a strong data-quality mindset
- Debugging, defect triage and root-cause analysis
- Ownership of test deliverables and quality outcomes
- Clear communication and effective cross-functional collaboration
GOOD TO HAVE
- Experience with automotive OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers or commercial vehicle organisations.
- Exposure to Digital Twin, AI/ML data validation or Software Defined Vehicle programmes.
- Awareness of ISO/SAE 21434, UNECE R155 and UNECE R156.