Manager, Software Core Firmware Validation

Responsibilities

• Lead a group of component verification and validation engineers and be responsible for the team’s strategy, productivity, and impact within SW Core as well as Zoox as a whole
• Provide discipline and rigor in the application of industry best practices around test design, test development, test automation, defect management, and reporting
• Refine, propagate, and promote the best practices of firmware validation teams, elevating the firmware validation activities across Zoox
• Coaching and career development, enabling team members to grow individually and in their ability to execute on complex V&V activities together
• Review and refine software requirements in the interest of testability
• Manage the transition between component-level V&V and vehicle-level V&V

Requirements

• B.S or higher in Automotive, Aerospace, Robotics, Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Science or Systems Engineering
• 8+ years with 2+ years of leading direct reports
• Experience leading the testing and release management of high-assurance software
• Experience with software-defined vehicle architecture
• Experience with project, task, and performance management of a team of test engineers
• Experience tackling complex configuration management challenges
• Experience with software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop testing strategies

Nice-to-Haves

• C++ expertise
• Automotive-centric software frameworks (e.g. AUTOSAR), development/process standards (e.g. MISRA, ASPICE) and physical interfaces/protocols (Automotive Ethernet, CAN bus, UDS/DoIP/DoCAN)
• Validation of bootloaders, secure boot, secure firmware update (e.g. OTA)
• Validation of embedded real-time and POSIX operating systems and applications built upon them