OTA Validation Engineer

Applied Intuition Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive defense trucking construction mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure operating systems and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers as well as the United States military and its allies trust the companys solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale California with offices in Washington D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach Florida; Ann Arbor Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at .

We are an in-office company and our expectation is that full-time employees primarily work from their Applied Intuition office 5 days a week. However we also recognize the importance of flexibility and trust our employees to manage their schedules responsibly. This may include occasional remote work starting the day with morning meetings from home before heading to the office or leaving earlier when needed to accommodate family commitments. This in-office expectation does not apply to contractor positions

We are looking for a motivated OTA Validation Engineer to join our Validation this role you will be responsible for validating Over-the-Air (OTA) software updates on automotive ECUs and vehicles. You will work closely with systems engineers software developers and senior validation engineers to execute test plans investigate failures and improve test automation.

This role is ideal for early-career engineers who enjoy hands-on work with automotive hardware embedded systems and software testing and who want to grow into automotive OTA domain experts. You will receive mentorship from senior validation engineers and gradually take on greater ownership of test plans and automation.

At Applied Intuition you will:

• Design and execute manual and automated test cases for OTA software features and system requirements.

• Validate OTA update workflows across HIL benches lab vehicles and prototype vehicles including ECU communication and vehicle functionality.

• Perform functional and regression testing across vehicle ECUs under various network power and update conditions.

• Develop and maintain Python-based test automation to improve coverage and regression efficiency.

• Analyze logs investigate defects verify fixes with engineering teams and document test results bug reports and validation artifacts.

Were looking for someone who has:

• 2 years of experience in software validation embedded systems or automotive engineering

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering or a related field

• Basic Python programming skills

• Familiarity with the Linux command line

• Understanding of software testing fundamentals (test case design defect lifecycle regression testing)

Nice to have:

• CAN or Automotive Ethernet knowledge

• Experience with Vector CANoe or PCAN

• Experience with embedded Linux Android or QNX

• Experience using issue tracking tools (Jira Polarion etc.)

Dont meet every single requirement If youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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