We are looking for an experienced Firmware Validation Engineer to work on the validation of security firmware for automotive SoCs. The role involves validating security-critical firmware components across SoC, MPU, and MCU platforms, ensuring correctness, robustness, and compliance with automotive and security requirements. The engineer will be responsible for firmware validation, debugging, and system-level analysis while collaborating closely with firmware development, architecture, and system teams to ensure high-quality and reliable firmware releases.
Your tasks
- Performing firmware validation for security firmware on automotive platforms
- Validating firmware functionality at the Black Box, SoC, and System/Integration levels
- Executing validation activities on ARM-based SoC, MPU, and MCU architectures
- Debugging complex firmware and security-related issues using hardware and software debugging tools
- Supporting the validation of secure boot-related firmware flows and low-level embedded firmware functionality
- Analyzing failures, identifying root causes, and providing actionable debugging insights
- Collaborating with firmware development and architecture teams throughout the validation lifecycle
Requirements
- At least 10 years of experience in Embedded Firmware Validation with strong knowledge of embedded system design, firmware functionality, and validation methodologies
- Hands-on expertise in SoC, MPU, and MCU architectures, with a strong understanding of ARM-based embedded platforms, preferably in the automotive domain
- Proficiency in C, Python, and scripting languages, with practical experience working on RTOS-based embedded systems
- Experience using embedded development toolchains and IDEs, including Green Hills (GHS), GNU Cross Compilers, and embedded development environments
- Strong hands-on experience with debugging and validation tools such as Lauterbach, GDB, JTAG, and Trace32
- Expertise in firmware debugging, benchmarking, profiling, root cause analysis, and failure analysis at firmware and system/integration levels
- Excellent English communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional and global engineering teams
Job no. 260610-3WHXI
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