ALTEN Technology
Validation Engineer, Controller Integration
$120K–$135K
Foster City, California, United States +1 · Full-time · Posted Mar 25, 2026
- Location
- Foster City, California, United States
Irvine, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years in controller validation, controller integration, or a related field.
- Education
- BS or higher in electrical/electronics/systems/mechanical engineering or related field.
About the job
Validates ECU hardware and firmware integration, investigates system-level issues, and helps mature robot vehicle features for production.
What you'll do
- Develop and execute integration test plans; verify ECU requirements including bootloader, power management, and network communication.
- Troubleshoot electrical issues, examine logs and source code, and collaborate on design fixes and solutions.
- Perform vehicle-level bring-up and integration testing; develop prototypes and test benches.
What they ask for
- BS or higher in electrical, electronics, systems, or mechanical engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in controller validation, controller integration, or a related field.
- Experience debugging complex electrical, electronic, and software-controlled systems.
- Experience diagnosing CAN, CANFD, LIN, or Ethernet network issues; experience with MATLAB, Linux, Python, C++, or equivalent tools for modeling and analysis.
Nice to have
- Automotive industry experience; Vector tools.
- Experience with failure analysis, fault trees or hazard and risk analysis, AI tools for controller verification, traceability tools, ASPICE, failure mode analysis, or change management tools.
Pay
$120,000-135,000 USD base salary
Tools
CAN, CANFD, LIN, Ethernet, MATLAB, Linux, Python, C++
AI focus
Preferred experience automating controller verification steps with Cursor or other AI tools.
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