Vehicle Software Validation Engineer — Hands-On Testing

HTC Global Services; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

HTC Global Services seeks a Vehicle Software & Systems Validation Engineer in Dearborn, MI to validate vehicle software, embedded systems, and features across development stages. The role involves hands-on onsite testing with vehicles, lab equipment, and test benches in an Agile environment.

You will develop and execute tests, analyze results, reproduce failures, and work with cross-functional teams to drive root-cause analysis and timely validation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical field.
• 3–5 years of experience in automotive software testing, vehicle validation, or systems engineering.
• Experience with in-vehicle testing and embedded software validation.
• Experience with functional testing, defect management, and root‑cause analysis.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Proficiency with Python or similar scripting languages.
• Experience with JIRA and test execution/documentation.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and problem‑solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute functional, system, integration, regression, and user-acceptance tests based on requirements and Agile user stories.
• Develop and execute functional test scenarios and tests using user stories within Agile sprints.
• Perform in-vehicle, bench, and laboratory validation of embedded software and vehicle features.
• Interface with development teams to understand testing requirements.
• Review project requirements to ensure requirements are testable.
• Develop and maintain automated tests and scripts using Python or similar scripting languages.
• Execute software and system tests, analyze logs and data, and investigate failures to determine root cause.
• Reproduce, troubleshoot, and validate software and system defects with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Work with feature engineers to reproduce and troubleshoot system defects.
• Participate in root‑cause analysis of hardware quality problems and software defects.
• Log test results following the merge of related test code, including pass/fail status, and debug failures to determine root cause before entering valid defects into JIRA.
• Document test results and manage defects using JIRA and test‑management tools.
• Support requirements traceability, test planning, execution, monitoring, reporting, and release validation.
• Use test‑management tools for test planning, review, execution, monitoring, metrics interpretation, and test‑result reporting.
• Provide detailed feedback and comprehensive bug reports to support high‑quality software and efficient testing workflows.
• Prepare and maintain vehicles, test benches, laboratory equipment, software, and test environments.
• Review hardware laboratory nodes and apply corrective and predictive maintenance processes to maintain satisfactory condition and functionality.
• During sprint planning, provide estimates for testing‑related tasks.
• Analyze software failures to prioritize issues for subsequent fixes and provide timely validation rounds for both manual and automated testing.
• Contribute to test automation development, optimization, new feature validation, and testing efforts.
• Contribute to enhancements in automation development, testing processes, and upcoming vehicle testing efforts.
• Identify areas for improvement across testing activities and velocity tracking.
• Collaborate with software, hardware, systems, and feature engineers to resolve issues and meet program milestones.
• Participate in system design, documentation, and testing.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Troubleshooting

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

Python

JIRA

CANalyzer/CANoe

TestRail

Git

CI/CD

Job description

HTC Global Services seeks a Vehicle Software & Systems Validation Engineer in Dearborn, MI to validate vehicle software, embedded systems, and features across development stages. The role involves hands-on onsite testing with vehicles, lab equipment, and test benches in an Agile environment.

You will develop and execute tests, analyze results, reproduce failures, and work with cross-functional teams to drive root-cause analysis and timely validation.