Verification Validation Engineer

Firmware Verification and Validation Engineer

Location: Pune Experience: 3–6 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, I²C, 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.

· Experience with End-to-End integration Testing

o Collaboration with Mobile App and Cloud QA teams for integrated FW - Cloud- App validation.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

· Experience with security in embedded / cryptography, secure boot, OTA update

· Experience with test coverage tools, LDRA, VectorCAST or similar tools.