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 seeking an experienced Embedded Test Engineer to join our team, specializing in embedded systems with a focus on automotive applications. As an Embedded Test Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining automated tests for our embedded software products. Your expertise in embedded systems and automotive industry knowledge will help ensure the quality and reliability of our software solutions.
Requirements
- Design, build, and maintain comprehensive automotive system-level test benches, ensuring their seamless integration of hardware and software components for reliable and scalable test environments, with a strong emphasis on Python-driven automation.
- Develop comprehensive verification and validation plans, test plans, test cases, and test scripts to rigorously validate functional, non-functional, performance, safety, and regression aspects of automotive software systems and components.
- Execute test cases and test scripts, leveraging advanced Python automation to enhance testing efficiency, accuracy, and repeatability across various testing phases.
- Collaborate extensively with cross-functional teams, including software developers, controls engineers, and systems engineers, to:
- Review requirements for completeness, testability, and provide critical feedback on system architecture and design.
- Derive detailed test scenarios from requirements, use cases, and system design analysis.
- Define and implement effective Verification & Validation (V&V) strategies.
- Work in tandem with development teams to troubleshoot, debug, and lead root cause analysis for issues, confirming fixes and implementing preventative measures against future regressions.
- Participate in code reviews, providing expert feedback on testability, maintainability, and opportunities for automation.
- Contribute significantly to the continuous improvement of testing processes, methodologies, and best practices, championing automation and efficiency gains.
- Lead and mentor junior engineers, providing guidance and support in V&V methodologies, test automation best practices, and Python development.
- Prepare and present detailed reports on verification activities, test results, and system quality to stakeholders across the organization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 4-8 years of experience in software testing with embedded systems in the automotive industry
- Experience on Electric Vehicle.
- Expertise in programming skills in Python, C/C++ or other relevant languages used in embedded software development and verification.
- Experience with automated testing tools and frameworks such as Pytest, Slash, Jenkins, Robot Framework, or similar.
- Experience with automotive HIL test benches, particularly with dSPACE, Vector VT, or similar platforms
- Strong ability to debug automotive communication protocols (e.g., CAN, Ethernet, LIN, FlexRay)
Bonus Qualifications
- Experience with automotive diagnostic tools and testing environments.
- Working knowledge of IDLs such as DBC, LDF, ARXML, and work with internally IDLs and frameworks
- Experience with automotive standards and regulations such as ISO 26262.
- Knowledge of sensing and measurement principles, including analog and digital sensors, signal conditioning, and data acquisition techniques.
- Experience with electrical wiring, circuit building, and troubleshooting, with the ability to read and create basic electrical schematics.
- Familiarity with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices.
- Experience work on an Electric Vehicle program
Salary:
- $125,000-145,000
- 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.
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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.
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