Embedded Test / Validation Engineer (Firmware & Systems)

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana

Department: Quality Assurance

Experience: 68 Years

We are looking for an Embedded Test / Validation Engineer to take ownership of systemlevel testing and regression validation for a Linuxbased embedded sensor platform.

The role focuses on firmware, lowlevel software, drivers, and hardwaresoftware integration, with testing performed on real target devices. The engineer will design, implement, and maintain regression and stability tests that ensure the system remains robust as firmware and software evolve.

This is a handson technical role, working closely with embedded firmware and systems engineers.

Key Responsibilities

SystemLevel Regression Testing

• Design and execute ondevice regression tests for embedded firmware and software
• Ensure critical functionality (boot, drivers, sensors, data paths) continues to work across releases
• Identify and prevent reintroduction of known defects

HardwareSoftware Integration Validation

• Validate firmware builds on real hardware platforms
• Verify correct bringup and operation of:
• Sensors (e.g. IMUs, cameras)
• Communication interfaces (I2C, SPI, USB, Ethernet, MIPI CSI)
• Validate kernel modules, device probing, and driver behavior

Sensor and Data Path Validation

• Verify availability, timing, and plausibility of sensor data
• Validate endtoend data paths from sensor drivers to userspace components
• Detect regressions affecting sensor pipelines or processing stability

Stability, Stress, and Longevity Testing

• Execute longrunning and highload tests to identify:
• Memory leaks
• Resource exhaustion
• Timingrelated failures
• Perform repeated boot, shutdown, and powercycle testing
• Monitor system health (CPU, memory, logs, crashes)

Test Automation and Tooling

• Develop lightweight test automation using:
• Python, shell scripts, or small C++ utilities
• SSH and serial console access
• Automate test execution, log collection, and result reporting
• Integrate tests into existing build or CI pipelines where applicable

Debugging and Defect Analysis

• Analyze logs, crashes, and system failures
• Isolate issues across firmware, drivers, and hardware interactions
• Provide clear, actionable defect reports to firmware developers
• Support rootcause analysis and verification of fixes

Documentation and Knowledge Transfer

• Document test strategies, test cases, and known limitations in bug/test tracking tools like JIRA X-Ray
• Ensure test setups and procedures are understandable and maintainable
• Support handover of test infrastructure and knowledge to internal teams

Design and Implementation of Tests

• Translate use cases and user scenarios into test cases and scenarios
• Design test strategies
• Develop and execute manual and automated test cases
• Ensure compliance with QA best practices and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives

Skills (Must Have)

• Familiarity with Google-style like C++ coding practice
• Strong experience with embedded Linux systems
• Handson experience testing firmware and lowlevel software
• Solid understanding of hardwaresoftware interaction
• Proficiency in C and/or C++ (reading, debugging, writing small test tools)
• Experience working with embedded hardware interfaces:
• I2C, SPI, UART, USB, Ethernet
• Familiarity with Linux debugging tools:
• dmesg, journalctl, sysfs, procfs
• Serial console, SSH
• Experience designing and executing systemlevel regression tests
• Practical experience working with real hardware, not only simulations
• Have a tester's mindset and instincts, have curiosity to explore and visualize different possible test workflows
• Strong and clear English communication both verbal and written

Education

B.Tech or M.Tech in Computer Science Engineering or Electronics & Communication Engineering or Embedded Systems or related field

Past experience in Robotics engineering, any college level project using robots and sensor