Validation Engineer with ECU

Validation Engineer, Controller Integration Location:

Bay area, CA (Onsite)

Mandatory:

7+yrs of experience. Strong domain expertise in one or more of the following areas: Body/ Lighting/ Passive Safety/ Thermal/ Chassis Validation Engineer, Controller Integration Looking for an electronic controller unit (ECU) validation engineer to assist in the testing of our delivered controllers. In this role, you will be responsible for validating component and sub-system requirements on incoming firmware and hardware ECU revisions. Responsibilities Develop and execute firmware and hardware integration test plans on new hardware components and firmware features. Verify bootloader, power management, network communication, and other ECU requirements. Troubleshooting and root causing electrical issues during component bring-up in manufacturing and fleet operation settings. Provide feedback to Vehicle System Engineers for design-related issues and collaborate on containments/long-term solutions. Examine log data and source code to identify and debug issues at the system level. Collaborate across mechanical, electrical, system architecture, firmware development, and firmware validation teams to understand new component level hardware/software changes being developed and identifying test plans to validate the changes. Conduct initial system bring-up and perform integration tests at the vehicle level to validate design assumptions. Develop early prototypes and test benches to de-risk new technologies. Qualifications Experience in controller validation, controller integration, or related field. Experience debugging complex electrical, electronic, and software-controlled systems. Experience diagnosing CAN, CANFD, LIN or Ethernet network issues. Experience in MATLAB, Linux, Python, C++ or equivalent tools for modeling and analysis. Able to communicate complex technical issues in simple, definitive and accurate terms. Bonus Qualifications Experience with Vector tools. Experience in failure analysis, fault trees or hazard and risk analysis. Experience automating controller verification steps with Cursor or other AI tools. Experience with end-to-end traceability tools such as Polarion or equivalent applications. Experience with ASPICE.