Applied Intuition
Embedded Firmware Validation Engineer
About this role
Applied Intuition is seeking an Embedded Firmware Validation Engineer to design and execute comprehensive test strategies for AUTOSAR Classic and Adaptive software stacks, validating OS scheduling, communication protocols, device drivers, and safety features through HIL/SIL testing and automated test frameworks.
What you'll do
- Design and execute validation strategies for AUTOSAR Classic and Adaptive software stacks and communication protocols
- Perform functional, robustness, boundary, timing, negative, and fault-injection testing on HIL benches and target hardware
- Develop and maintain automated Python-based test frameworks for regression and nightly validation integrated into CI/CD pipelines
- Investigate and debug software, communication stack, and hardware failures using trace tools, debuggers, and bus analyzers
- Collaborate with BSW, firmware, and functional safety teams to reproduce, root-cause, and resolve issues
- Author traceable test cases and validation documentation aligned with ASPICE and software requirements
What they're looking for
- AUTOSAR (Classic and Adaptive) architecture and validation methodologies
- Automotive communication protocols (CAN/CAN-FD, LIN, FlexRay, Automotive Ethernet, SOME/IP, DoIP)
- Python scripting and pytest frameworks
- HIL/SIL testing environments
- Embedded C code reading and analysis
- Linux command line and CI/CD pipeline integration
- Automotive diagnostic tools (CANoe, CANalyzer, TRACE32)
- Functional safety (ASIL) and automotive cybersecurity concepts
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Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition builds autonomous vehicle and defense systems software, including motion planning algorithms, simulation infrastructure, and autonomy integration platforms for aerial and ground platforms. The company is hiring for security engineers, robotics/autonomy software engineers, hardware-in-the-loop specialists, and IT operations professionals to support its growing physical AI operations.
- Website
- appliedintuition.com
Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience testing automotive communication protocols—which ones have you validated and what challenges did you encounter?
- Walk us through how you've designed and implemented an automated test suite in Python; how did you structure it for regression testing?