Firmware Verification and Validation Engineer

Firmware Verification and Validation Engineer

Location: Pune Experience: 36 years Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Summary

We are looking for a Firmware Verification and Validation Engineer to build and contribute to our test automation framework for our Linux-based software platform for IOT core device. The role involves developing and executing SIL (Software-in-the-Loop) and HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) test strategies, integrating them with pytest, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and AWS, and ensuring continuous delivery of high-quality software.

Coverage of testing: Firmware Verification, Validation, Automation, Hardware Software Integration testing, System Level Functional Testing ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of embedded firmware/software in close integration with hardware for release.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute SIL and HIL test plans to validate embedded firmware and system software.
• Creating a test plan (Feature, integration, sanity, and system testing)
• Integrate automated testing into Jenkins and GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines.
• Perform final validation (smoke tests, sanity checks) in production-like environment.
• Monitor post-release behaviour, capture any anomalies, Orchestrate post-release verification/validation (post-implementation review).
• Manage cloud-based and on-premises test infrastructure using AWS (EC2, S3, CloudWatch).
• Generate detailed test reports (Allure, pytest-html, JUnit) and integrate them into dashboards.
• Configure and maintain Slack notifications, email alerts, and build-status tracking.
• Collaborate with developers to define test coverage, improve reliability, and reduce regression defects.

Required Skills

• Strong experience with Linux environments and shell scripting.
• Hands on experience working with the hardware platforms iMX8, Raspberry Pi, ESP32, PIC24
• Hands on experience with Python / pytest for both software and hardware-integrated systems.
• Proficient with json data handling, Google Protobufs, Rest APIs, HTTP
• Hands on experience with YAML file syntax
• Experience with CI/CD, integrating automated tests into build pipelines
• Hands on experience with QT, QML
• Hands on experience with Squish Test Automation Tool
• Proficient in pytest, Google Test, or similar automation frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with SIL and HIL testing tools/environments.
• Familiarity with hardware interfacing, communication protocols (UART, SPI, IC, Ethernet, WiFi, BLE).
• Experience in Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Git.
• Knowledge of AWS-based build/test infrastructure.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with debugging tools (JTAG / SWD, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes)
• Experience with Docker or containerized test environments.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools like Git, JIRA, etc.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in different time zones.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with hardware simulators, virtual environments, or hardware abstraction layers.
• Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science, Electronics, or related field.
• 2 years of hands-on experience in embedded systems testing preferably with IOT devices.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

• Experience with security in embedded / cryptography, secure boot, OTA update
• Experience with test coverage tools, LDRA, VectorCAST or similar tools.