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Embedded Validation & Tools Engineer - OTA

Palo Alto$140k–$170kfulltimemidAdded 1 month ago

About this role

ALSO is hiring an Embedded OTA Validation & Tools Engineer to design and execute comprehensive testing for over-the-air firmware updates across their electric vehicle fleet. You'll build automated test infrastructure, validate update resilience under real-world conditions, and ensure secure, reliable deployments across embedded devices.

What you'll do

  • Design and execute OTA validation plans covering full OS images, firmware, bootloaders, and A/B updates across device families
  • Build and scale automated testbeds using hardware-in-the-loop and virtualized environments to run regression and stress tests
  • Implement end-to-end OTA pipeline automation including signing, staging, rollout, and post-update verification
  • Test update resilience under adverse conditions: intermittent networks, power loss, low battery, and storage constraints
  • Validate security properties including signing verification, secure transport, secure boot, and key management
  • Define metrics and KPIs for rollout health; perform root cause analysis on failed updates and drive remediation

What they're looking for

  • Python and C/C++ programming
  • Embedded Linux and RTOS platforms
  • Bootloaders (e.g., U-Boot) and A/B partition schemes
  • CI/CD pipeline integration (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI)
  • Hardware debugging tools (JTAG, serial, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes)
  • OTA networking protocols (HTTP/S, MQTT, CoAP, Wi-Fi, cellular)
  • Log and packet capture analysis for diagnostics
  • Test automation and harness development
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Ridealso

Ridealso builds small electric vehicles and designs the powertrain, battery, and firmware systems that power them. The company is hiring battery engineers, motor controls engineers, and embedded systems engineers to develop core EV technologies from concept through production and validation.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through a time you designed and executed a comprehensive OTA validation plan. What failure modes did you test for, and how did you prioritize them?
  • Describe your experience building automated test harnesses for embedded firmware updates. What CI/CD tools have you used, and how did you integrate them?
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