# Firmware Validation Engineer

**Company:** [Zoox](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/zoox)
**Location:** Foster City, CA
**Role:** Embedded Engineering
**Salary:** $155k – $211k/yr
**Experience:** 2+ years
**Skills:** Python, Git, Embedded Software Testing, Test Automation, Hil Testing, Jira, Pytest, Robot Framework, CI/CD, Testrail
**Posted:** 2025-08-12

> Validate firmware functionality at component, subsystem, and system levels for vehicle platforms. Develop test plans across HiL, Dyno, and vehicle testing layers while collaborating with firmware and systems engineers.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Define and develop comprehensive test plans based on requirements, trace test cases to requirements, set pass/fail criteria, and refine requirements based on test outcomes
- Develop and implement test plans on multiple test layers (HiL, Dyno, Vehicle)
- Define tooling needs to execute tests and evaluate results efficiently
- Collaborate with system, firmware, and hardware engineers to ensure implementations meet requirements and desired functionality
- Investigate firmware issues through data analysis and issue reproduction

## Requirements
- BS degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer, or Systems Engineering
- 2+ years of experience in developing or testing embedded software
- Test automation with Python or other scripting languages
- Experience writing code with source control (Git)
- Hands-on technical experience debugging complex systems involving networked microprocessors and software-controlled electrical or electromechanical devices
- Experience parsing and analyzing log data/source code and identifying root cause
- Positive attitude, team player, and ability to quickly adapt to changes

## Nice-to-Haves
- Working knowledge of components/systems such as drive unit, power steering, actuators, braking systems, powertrain and their interactions
- Experience with Python testing frameworks (Robot, pytest, etc.)
- Experience with continuous integration/deployment systems
- Experience using tools such as JIRA, TestRail, Polarion/JAMA/Doors, XRAY
- Experience in systems validation or integration
- Ability to develop test plans based on FMEA/vehicle safety concepts analysis

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