Staff Embedded Software Test Engineer

Cirrus Logic • Austin, TX

3d

About The Position

For over four decades, Cirrus Logic has been propelled by the top engineers in mixed-signal processing. Our rockstar team thrives on solving complex challenges with innovative end-user solutions for the world's top consumer brands. Cirrus Logic is also known for its award-winning culture, which was built on a foundation of inclusion and fairness, meaningful community engagement, and delivering enjoyable employee experiences at every turn. But we couldn’t do it without our extraordinary workforce – and that’s where you come in. Join our team and help us continue to make Cirrus Logic an exceptional place to grow your career! We are looking for a Staff Embedded Software Test Engineer who will be a hands-on technical lead responsible for ensuring embedded firmware and software products are thoroughly tested and deliveries are rock-solid. You will work with cross-functional teams to build robust and scalable test methodologies for embedded systems that meet the high-quality bar our customers expect.

Requirements

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering with a minimum of 8 years of experience, or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering with a minimum of 6 years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of embedded systems, embedded firmware, and Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS).
• Experience with a variety of MCU and DSP cores/processors and the software stacks that support them.
• Strong leadership skills with a consistent track record of delivering embedded software and firmware projects.
• Proficiency with Python, shell, C, and C++, with hands-on experience developing reusable embedded test frameworks, test utilities, and hardware-in-the-loop test infrastructure.
• Knowledge and hands-on experience in embedded hardware or firmware system testing sufficient to design and execute test strategies, develop test plans, identify defects, and assess system-level functionality and reliability.
• Knowledge of requirements analysis and test case development, including interpreting technical requirements, deriving comprehensive test scenarios, and documenting traceable test cases with clear expected results.
• Experience automating functional, regression, integration, and system-level tests for embedded hardware or firmware, and analyze automated test results.
• Ability to debug embedded hardware or firmware using logs, traces, debuggers, instrumentation, and systematic root-cause analysis.
• Experience using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, logic analyzers, and spectrum analyzers for measurement and debugging of embedded systems.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Jira, SVN/Git, and continuous integration systems such as Jenkins.
• Familiarity with defect management practices.
• Familiarity with the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience with Agile Scrum software development.
• Experience developing and implementing embedded software and firmware tests on development boards.
• Experience validating embedded firmware across hardware, software, and system-level interfaces.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise to the team through all aspects of testing embedded firmware across the product cycle and ensure all software is thoroughly tested.
• Own communications with cross-functional teams and represent the team in technical discussions, design reviews, and project reviews.
• Design comprehensive test strategies for embedded firmware projects, including black-box, white-box, stress, long-duration, integration, and system testing.
• Work with the team to develop automation plans that increase test efficiency, coverage, and repeatability.
• Implement tests during both pre-silicon and post-silicon phases of embedded firmware development.
• Find issues and triage/debug them in collaboration with embedded software, firmware, hardware, and systems teams.
• Present test results, coverage, risks, and defect findings to product owners, internal customers, and software developers to assist in resolving issues.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior