Software Test Engineer

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Our department Computing Infrastructure System are responsible for an important step in the development of our new software-centric computing platform designed to host different vehicle applications. We exist to provide a robust, safe, and secure system design, and to successfully release the configured computing infrastructure system. We are accountable for a software flow that gives fast feedback to software developers and to deliver the system with known quality. 

We at Domain Test & Integration design HIL rigs and are working with software and electronic domain integration striving to maximize the test-value. Our rigs are part of our Continuous integration (CI) and provide feedback of the electrical system to enable high quality and robustness. We improve quality by enabling automated integration and visualize status of the system-under-test.
We are now looking for a skilled and ambitious Senior SW Test Engineer to strengthen our team within the field of test environment development with the task to create, write, run and analyze automated tests for our core system.

What you’ll do

As an SW Test Engineer in this team, you will especially work with further development of our test activities to enable test automation and Continuous Integration (CI). In this team, you will work with the entire process from design of test infrastructure to analyze test results when the HIL rigs are running in the CI flows. We develop tool chains for test automation as well as develop test cases to verify the SW in Python, CAPL. We work on continuous improvements regarding test automation and fault tracing of both hardware and Software.
Main responsibilities

• Analyze test results, both our own and our test rig costumers, and communicate with involved parties.
• Problem-solving, fault tracing, and debugging. 
• Contribute to technical discussions and decisions

What you’ll bring

We believe that you have experience in test development and test automation in CI context, preferably within automotive, and can take an active role with test activities in our rigs. You enjoy the possibility to influence, and you love to be part of a team where we take own initiatives and take pride in your own and the team’s deliveries. We expect that you are proficient in Python programming and preferably experienced working with, CANalyzer, CANoe and CAPL scripting.

We believe you enjoy great teamwork, are proactive, creative, driven, and willing to share knowledge and take responsibility. Also, you enjoy fault tracing and solving problems together with your team. 

Required qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, mechatronics, Electrical and Software Engineering or similar relevant experience

• At least 6 years of SW testing

• Communication protocols such as CAN, Automotive Ethernet, and LIN 

• Core Vehicle functions, allocation and signaling over networks 

• Vehicle measurement know-how  

• Deep understanding of Automotive engineering

• Driver’s license (B-level) 

Meritorious 

• Experience of working with version- and revision control systems e.g. Git

• Worked with HIL rigs and automated test systems in Vector rigs

• Experience from working with Agile development process, e.g. Scrum

• ISTQB certification, or equivalent knowledge.

Want to know more? We hope so

We’d love to receive and review your application. If you want more information about the role and its responsibilities or simply learn a bit more about the team, please reach out to the hiring manager at malin.thunstrom@volvocars.com or the recruiter at thabsheera.khadeejas@volvocars.com . 

Who are we?

Everything we do starts with people. Our purpose is to provide freedom to move, in a personal, sustainable and safe way. We are committed to simplifying our customers’ lives by offering better technology solutions that improve their impact on the world and bringing the most advanced mobility innovations to protect them, their loved ones and the people around them. 

Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The people of Volvo Cars are committed to making a difference in our world. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. We believe in bringing out the best in each other and harnessing the true power of people. At Volvo Cars your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential. Join us on a journey of a lifetime as we create safety, autonomous driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow.