Firmware Validation Engineer
Zoox · Foster City, CA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 4+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at Zoox (automotive) in Foster City, CA. You will validate firmware functionality at the component, subsystem and system level, ensuring features operate reliably within the broader vehicle platform.
- They ask for
- 4+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- FMEA, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), Robotics, Automation, Tooling
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About the role
In this role, you will
- ◆Define and develop comprehensive test plans based on requirements, trace testcases to requirements, set pass/fail criteria and refine
requirements
based on test outcomes
- ✓Develop and implement test plans on multiple test layers (HiL, Dyno, Vehicle)
- ✓Define tooling needs to execute tests and evaluate results efficiently
- ✓Collaborate with system, firmware & hardware engineers to ensureimplementations meet
requirements
and desired functionality in accordance withproduct requirements.
- ✓Investigate firmware issues through data analysis and issue reproduction
Qualifications
- ✓BS degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer or Systems Engineering
- ✓4+ years of experience in developing or testing embedded software
- ✓Test automation with Python or other scripting languages
- ✓Experience writing code with source control (Git)
- ✓Hands-on technical experience debugging complex systems involving networked microprocessors and software-controlled electrical or electromechanical devices
- ✓Experience parsing and analyzing log data/source code and identifying rootcause.
- ✓Positive attitude, team player, and ability to quickly adapt to changes
Bonus
Qualifications
- ✓Working knowledge of components/systems such as drive unit, power steering, actuators, braking systems, powertrain and their interactions.
- ✓Experience with Python testing frameworks (Robot, pytest, etc.)
- ✓Experience with continuous integration/deployment systems
- ✓Experience using tools such as JIRA, TestRail, Polarion/JAMA/Doors, XRAY, etc.
- ✓Experience in systems validation or integration
- ✓Ability to develop test plans based on FMEA/vehicle safety concepts analysis
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As a Firmware Validation Engineer, you will validate firmware functionality at the component, subsystem and system level, ensuring features operate reliably within the broader vehicle platform. This includes testing embedded applications, control logic, and feature integrations across hardware interfaces, sensors, and actuators to confirm they meet functional, performance, and safety requirements. Your work directly impacts the quality and readiness of customer-facing features by catching issues early, improving integration stability, and ensuring smooth delivery of these features to internal customers. Through close collaboration with firmware developers, systems engineers and cross-functional teams, you will help deliver robust and reliable features to production.