Validation Engineer, Controller Integration

ALTEN Technology USA; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship opportunities

Career growth support

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

A leading engineering company in Foster City, CA, seeks a Validation Engineer for electronic controller unit (ECU) validation. In this role, you'll develop and execute test plans for firmware integration while collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has 3-5 years of experience in controller validation and holds a relevant engineering degree. This position offers a competitive salary, mentorship, and career growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of experience in controller validation or related field.
• Experience in debugging complex electrical and software-controlled systems.
• Able to communicate complex technical issues clearly.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute firmware and hardware integration test plans.
• Verify bootloader and power management requirements.
• Conduct initial system bring-up and integration tests.

Skills

Controller validation

Electrical troubleshooting

Software debugging

CAN network diagnosis

MATLAB

Linux

Python

C++

Education

BS or higher in electrical/electronics/systems/mechanical engineering

Tools

Vector tools

End-to-end traceability tools

Job description

Validation Engineer, Controller Integration

Foster City, California, United States

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life‑saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

We are looking for an electronic controller unit (ECU) validation engineer to assist in the testing of our delivered controllers. In this role, you will be responsible for validating component and sub‑system requirements on incoming firmware and hardware ECU revisions. You will be part of a team that develops, validates, and continuously improves the robot’s features and capability to production maturity. You will engage with cross‑functional teams and hold yourself, teammates, and the larger organization accountable for meeting requirements. Lastly, you will also be responsible for requirements based validation for a handful of controllers on the vehicle, enabling you to deep dive into issues and help deliver our robot.

This role is in the Vehicle Development organization leading verification and validation activities for controller hardware and firmware integration testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute firmware and hardware integration test plans on new hardware components and firmware features.
• Verify bootloader, power management, network communication, and other ECU requirements.
• Troubleshoot and root‑cause electrical issues during component bring‑up in manufacturing and fleet operation settings.
• Provide feedback to Vehicle System Engineers for design‑related issues and collaborate on containments/long‑term solutions.
• Examine log data and source code to identify and debug issues at the system level.
• Collaborate across mechanical, electrical, system architecture, firmware development, and firmware validation teams to understand new component level hardware/software changes being developed and identifying test plans to validate the changes.
• Conduct initial system bring‑up and perform integration tests at the vehicle level to validate design assumptions.
• Develop early prototypes and test benches to de‑risk new technologies.

Qualifications

• BS or higher in electrical/electronics/systems/mechanical engineering or related field.
• 3–5 years of experience in controller validation, controller integration, or related field.
• Experience debugging complex electrical, electronic, and software‑controlled systems.
• Experience diagnosing CAN, CANFD, LIN or Ethernet network issues.
• Experience in MATLAB, Linux, Python, C++ or equivalent tools for modeling and analysis.
• Able to communicate complex technical issues in simple, definitive and accurate terms.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with Vector tools.
• Experience in failure analysis, fault trees or hazard and risk analysis.
• Experience automating controller verification steps with Cursor or other AI tools.
• Experience with end‑to‑end traceability tools such as Polarion or equivalent applications.
• Experience with ASPICE.

Salary Range

• $100,000–120,000
• The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job‑related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience.

ALTEN Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our Policy is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual’s age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status.

Compliance Notice

Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement

As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug‑free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre‑employment drug screening as a condition of hire.