Staff SDET, Embedded Platform Software

About the job

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

Workplace: On-site, 5 days per week Location: Newark, CA Salary: $170-180k

This role will support embedded software verification across Diagnostics, Communication, and Bootloader components. The role will also support hardware integration into test benches, test-bench maintenance, troubleshooting, and test automation.

Responsibilities • Lead verification efforts for embedded software on target hardware. • Bring up, configure, and troubleshoot new hardware on test benches. • Maintain and debug existing test benches and validation environments. • Develop and enhance test software, tools, and automation scripts. • Convert manual tests into automated tests. • Develop hardware- and software-based tests from requirements. • Participate in test-code design and code reviews. • Troubleshoot software, hardware, and test-environment issues.

Required Qualifications • BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field (MS preferred) • 10+ years of relevant industry experience preferred • Experience testing low-level embedded software • Experience developing hardware- and software-based tests from requirements • Experience converting manual tests into automated tests • Strong troubleshooting skills across software, hardware, and test environments • Experience with test scripting and automation

Preferred Qualifications The following experience is beneficial but is not required: • Automotive testing experience • Experience with Automotive Ethernet • CAN/CAN-FD, LIN • ISO-14229 diagnostic standards • Vector CANoe or similar tools • Jenkins • Git/GitLab • Python automation • On-chip debugging tools such as Lauterbach • Automotive hardware/PCBA-level debugging • Vehicle-level testing and debugging

Salary Range • $170,000 - 180,000 • The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.

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Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.