V&V Engineer, Firmware

The role

You will plan and run verification and validation work on firmware and electrical systems for autonomous vehicles. You will also manage compliance testing and certification, and build the test tools and bench setups used by the team.

What you will do

• Derive vehicle requirements and trace them to module and component test evidence
• Plan and run functional and performance testing on prototype and production-intent hardware
• Perform EMI/EMC, vibration, shock, thermal and environmental testing with mechanical and electrical V&V
• Build and maintain HIL benches, fixtures and automated regression tests
• Troubleshoot firmware issues and lead root cause analysis to closure
• Work with design, systems, quality and software engineers on electrical V&V and Design for Test
• Manage compliance testing and certification under ISO 26262 and UL 4600
• Coordinate with accredited external labs and maintain test reports and compliance documentation
• Build and evolve the V&V methodology, toolchain and bench infrastructure
• Assess a new OEM's DV/PV process and advise leadership on effort, complexity and cost

Required qualifications

• 5+ years in an Electrical or Firmware / Software V&V role, especially automotive
• Bachelor's of Science in Engineering (minimum)
• Understand all aspects of an automotive DV/PV process
• Deep understanding of the automotive PPAP process
• Working knowledge of automotive APQP
• Experience working directly with Automotive OEMs, Tier 1 & 2 suppliers
• Working knowledge of international automotive environmental and safety standards, including ASTM B117, SAE J1455, ISO 16750 and 11451/11452
• Working knowledge of AEC standards
• Ability to adjust V&V process to support various OEMs
• Experience with CANbus, Python, Shell, Unix OS, SPICE

Nice to have

• Experience in an Agile/Scrum environment
• Technical experience developing self-driving vehicles
• Experience with NRTL (UL) and CE certification
• Experience instrumenting cars and trucks for shock, vibration or EMC testing
• Experience with SolidWorks, ANSYS, Polarion
• Accelerated life testing, HALT/HASS, and Weibull or reliability analysis
• Ability to perform risk analysis, FMEA, FTA and RCA

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity awards
• Medical, dental and vision coverage (full-time employees only)
• Unlimited vacation
• Flexible hours and work-from-home support
• Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals when in office
• Regular team building activities and social events on-site, off-site and virtual

About the company

Waabi is a technology start-up led by Raquel Urtasun that builds autonomous transportation technology for commercial trucks and robotaxis. It has offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas and Pittsburgh.