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Firmware Validation Engineer - Brake & Steering

ComriseFoster City, CA🇺🇸United StatesPosted 14 Aug 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Job description
The ideal candidate has a strong background in automotive controls and validation, with hands-on experience troubleshooting complex hardware, software, and firmware issues. You are highly collaborative, technically driven, and comfortable working with suppliers and engineering teams to drive issues through resolution.

As a Firmware Validation Engineer - Brake & Steering, you'll:
  • Develop and maintain brake and steering subsystem technical specifications in collaboration with suppliers and internal engineering teams.
  • Partner with suppliers to develop and adapt validation plans, execute regression testing, and ensure firmware changes meet program and release milestones.
  • Lead firmware defect resolution and impact assessments, working across architecture and systems engineering teams to troubleshoot complex issues.
  • Develop and support diagnostic scripts and tools used for system testing and validation.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional experts across mechatronics, robotics, computer vision, and AI to support system integration and continuous improvement.
Required skills
  • In this role, you will: Develop and maintain thorough brake and steering sub-system level technical specifications through collaboration with suppliers and internal company teams.
  • Contribute to the development of diagnostic scripts and tools Collaborate with suppliers to adapt test plans to validate firmware changes and perform regression testing in time to meet project goals.
  • Lead supplier firmware defects resolution & impact assessments by leveraging company architecture & system design teams
  • Engage with experts in AI, Mechatronics, Computer Vision, and Robotics across company teams to leverage collective expertise and drive innovation.
Business driver of role
  • Qualifications: BS or MS in engineering or a related field and 6+ years of experience within the automotive or similar industry
  • Track record debugging ambiguous, multi-faceted problems involving hardware, software, and firmware.
  • Experience with automotive actuator controls & validation methods
  • Experience with the implementation of various test methodologies and developing and operating HIL test assets Knowledge of automotive program development, release processes, and long-term schedule planning

Skills

Robotics

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