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Senior V&V Engineer – Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) & Test Bench

Santa Clara, CA💼 Full-time💰 $160,000–$160,000🗓 2026-09-04 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, construct, and maintain multi-ECU hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test benches to validate autonomous vehicle software on production compute units, ECUs, sensors, and drive-by-wire hardware before physical deployment.

Role type

Senior IC V&V Engineer (Hardware-in-the-Loop)

Builds

Real-time HIL test benches and automated fault-injection suites for autonomous truck electronics

Domain

Autonomous driving / Automotive functional safety

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

HIL test environment development, Python scripting, C++ scripting, CAN/CAN-FD/Automotive Ethernet/LIN/SPI/GMSL protocols, ISO 26262 functional safety verification, dSPACE SCALEXIO/AutoBox, NI PXI, Vector VT System

Preferred skills

ISO 26262 V&V sign-off audits for production vehicle releases

Technologies

dSPACE SCALEXIO, AutoBox, NI PXI, Vector VT System, Python, MATLAB/Simulink, CAN, CAN-FD, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, SPI, GMSL, FPD-Link

Responsibilities

Design and maintain multi-ECU HIL test benches; Integrate sensor simulation into real-time test setups; Develop automated physical and electrical fault-injection test suites; Write Python and C++ test scripts for CI/CD regression suites; Execute requirements-based testing for ISO 26262 compliance; Root-cause hardware-software interface bugs and ECU communication anomalies

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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