Test Automation Engineer
About The Position
We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more. As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing. When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow. In this role, you’ll be part of the team responsible for functional validation and testing of the electronic control units (ECUs) including telematics, infotainment, battery management, ADAS, and zonal Electronic Control Units (ECUs). Our team builds custom automated test solutions that include internal-facing software, low-level firmware, data management platforms, and custom electromechanical hardware. These solutions get deployed internally and at external labs and contract manufacturing facilities.
Requirements
- BS/MS or equivalent work experience in Electrical or Electronics Engineering.
- 5+ years of relevant working experience designing automated test equipment (ATE) for electronics.
- Ability to read electrical circuits and schematics, navigate PCB layouts, and understand manufacturer’s product data sheets.
- Experience working in the automotive, semiconductor, or aerospace industries.
- Familiarity with vehicle communication protocols (CAN, CAN-FD, DoIP, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, etc.).
- Experience with industrial buses and protocols (USB, VISA, GPIB, Ethernet, Serial, RS-485, SPI, I2C etc).
- Experience supporting deployment of automated test equipment in manufacturing environments.
- Experience with automation instrumentation such as programmable power supplies, multiplexers, DMMs, signal analyzers, signal generators, multifunction devices (digital and analog).
- Solid experience programming in Python
- Solid experience programming in Python
- Experience with automation instrumentation such as programmable power supplies, multiplexers, DMMs, signal analyzers, signal generators, multifunction devices (digital and analog)
- Ability to read electrical circuits and schematics, navigate PCB layouts, and understand manufacturer’s product data sheets
- Familiarity with vehicle communication protocols (CAN, CAN-FD, DoIP, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, etc.)
- Experience with industrial buses and protocols (USB, VISA, GPIB, Ethernet, Serial, RS-485, SPI, I2C etc) EXPERIENCE WITH HARDWARE DEBUG IS MANDATORY
Responsibilities
- Work with the electronics design teams to define test requirements and agree on testing strategies.
- Develop custom test sequences in Python following software engineering best practices and our standard automation framework.
- Create well documented test cases and operating procedures for test systems.
- Work with validation, reliability, EMC, and product launch teams to ensure that the test solutions meet their requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
