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Sr. Test Automation Engineer (SIL/HIL Infrastructure)
$185K–$250K
Sunnyvale, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 19, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years (Senior) or 8+ years (Staff).
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Designs and operates automated testing infrastructure for automotive ECUs and virtual ECUs across SIL, MIL, and HIL environments.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain automated test frameworks, scripts, and custom HIL benches for embedded automotive systems.
- Analyze requirements, execute tests, investigate failures, and report results, including automotive network and diagnostic verification.
- Integrate test automation into Git-driven CI/CD pipelines and collaborate across teams on test specifications and requirement traceability.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 5+ years (Senior) or 8+ years (Staff) of hands-on test automation experience for high-integrity embedded systems.
- Expert-level Python and Bash proficiency, plus practical C reading knowledge for code-level debugging.
- Experience architecting or heavily extending Pythonic test frameworks and experience with Docker.
Nice to have
- Advanced user-level GNU/Linux comfort.
- Advanced Git and branch-management skills; deep understanding of automotive network protocols.
Pay
$185,000 - $250,000 (currency and whether base salary or total pay are not stated)
Tools
Python, C/C++, Bash, GNU/Linux, Pytest, OpenHTF, Docker, GitLab CI
AI focus
No AI work is specified for this role.
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