Firmware Validation Engineer

Were ALTEN Technology USA an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to lifefrom advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3000 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 Group57000 engineers in 30 countrieswe deliver across the entire product development cycle from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA youll collaborate on some of the worlds 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.

Workplace: On-Site 5 days
Location: Foster City CA

Our team is seeking a hands-on Firmware Validation Engineer to join the Firmware - Connectivity and Audio team. This is a validation-first role focused on manual feature testing growing test content closing coverage gaps root-causing defects and triaging field problems across in-cabin connected experiences. The engineer is the teams owner for day-to-day test execution and defect quality on these feature tracks.

Responsibilities
Manual feature validation: Execute functional integration regression and exploratory testing for Audio and streaming features on bench and in-vehicle.
Test content development: Author new test cases expand existing test suites and keep test documentation current as features evolve.
Coverage gap closure: Identify untested or under-tested paths in the existing suites and systematically add coverage; track coverage health for each feature track.
Root cause analysis: Reproduce defects capture and analyze logs (Wireshark DLT ADB HCI/Bluetooth traces vehicle logs) and isolate root cause before handing off to firmware owners.
Field issue triage: Own first-line triage for Audio and Streaming feature fleet issues reproduce in lab narrow scope and drive issues to closure in partnership with fleet support diagnostics and firmware teams.
Defect lifecycle: Manage defects end-to-end in JIRA clear reproduction steps attached logs severity rationale fix verification and regression follow-up.
Test infrastructure: Maintain test benches in-vehicle rigs and diagnostic setups so they stay release-ready.
Cross-functional communication: Partner with firmware leads product managers and integration partners to align on feature readiness and defect priority.

Required Qualifications
BS in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or related
8 years in a hands-on validation/QA engineering role on firmware or embedded products.
Validation depth: Demonstrated experience writing and executing test plans/cases identifying and closing coverage gaps and managing defects through the full lifecycle.
Connectivity background (any flavor): Hands-on validation experience in at least one connectivity domain Bluetooth Wi-Fi cellular (LTE/5G) GNSS or vehicle networking.
Root-cause skill: Strong log triage and debugging instincts; comfortable with Wireshark DLT ADB and similar tooling.
Field triage experience: Track record of reproducing and isolating defects reported from production/field environments.
Python scripting sufficient to automate repetitive checks and parse logs; comfortable on Linux/Ubuntu.
Strong defect-tracking discipline (JIRA/Confluence) and experience in agile release cycles.

Preferred Qualifications
Prior experience with in-cabin entertainment and/or media casting frameworks.
Bluetooth stack validation (pairing A2DP/HFP/AVRCP interop).
Background and experience in wireless connectivity technologies.
Prior exposure to autonomous-vehicle or robotaxi fleet environments.

Salary Range
$130000 - 155000
The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including but not limited to location the candidates combination of job-related knowledge qualifications skills education training and experience

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability protected veteran status age genetic information or pregnancy.

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