System Software Verification Engineer - Embedded System

System Software Verification Engineer - Embedded System

We are seeking a System Software Verification Engineer to join our team, focusing on embedded systems. In this role, you will be instrumental in board bring-up, comprehensive testing, and automation of embedded firmware, ensuring the functionality, security, and efficiency of our software components from pre-silicon to post-silicon verification. You'll collaborate closely with development teams, debug critical issues, and contribute to continuous test automation.

Key Responsibilities

• Board bring-up activities will be conducted for software components like bootloader, platform managers, Linux Kernel, Linux drivers, Baremetal drivers, and applications for ARM-based boards, emulation platforms, and prototyping platforms.
• Test plans will be developed and executed to evaluate the functionality, security, and efficiency of firmware, utilizing emulation and evaluation boards for pre-silicon and post-silicon verification.
• Testing failures will be analyzed, tracked, and debugged to determine corrective measures, collaborating directly with the development team to assess test plan requirements and resolve failures.
• Functional and system-level tests will be automated using Python and integrated into the Test Automation framework, maintaining test artifacts for any updates in test cases or the test framework.
• Regression tests will be run, issues triaged, defects created in the system, and collaboration with the development team will ensure closure.
• Dynamic code coverage for boot-level firmware will be driven using standard tools like LDRA.

Technical Skill Requirements

• Working experience in verification and testing of Embedded System software or firmware is essential.
• Good experience in Device Driver Verification and validation on Linux, Bare metal, Real Time Operating Systems is required.
• Skills in compiling/building/cross-compiling, debugging, testing, deploying Bootloader, TF-A, Linux Kernel, Device tree, Middleware software, and BareMetal application images for board bring-up activities through JTAG debuggers & Emulators using different boot modes are mandatory.
• Good understanding of any one of the following SoC/Processing Technologies: ARM/RISC-V/X86, MMU, Interrupt handling, Caches is necessary.
• Hands-on experience with one or more peripherals/controllers like UART, I2C, SPI, USB, SD, eMMC, QSPI, PCIe is required.
• Ability to define, design, and develop manual/automation test cases for Embedded system projects is essential.
• Programming skills in C/C++, Makefile, Linker file creation, and scripting languages like Python/Shell/Tcl are a must.
• Experience in a GIT environment and Test Automation frameworks like Pytest, Jenkins is required.

Education

• A B.E/B.Tech or M.E/M.Tech in Electronics & Communications or Computer Science is required.

General Requirements

• Employment Type: This is a Permanent, full-time position.

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to design tools like VIVADO, VITIS is good to have.
• Familiarity with Configuration management tools like GIT/Perforce, JIRA, Confluence is beneficial.