Manager, Software Core Firmware Validation

Lead a group of component verification and validation engineers and be responsible for the team’s strategy, productivity, and impact within SW Core  as well as Zoox as a whole

Provide discipline and rigor in the application of industry best practices around test design, test development, test automation, defect management, and reporting

Refine, propagate, and promote the best practices of firmware validation teams, elevating the firmware validation activities across Zoox

Coaching and career development, enabling team members to grow individually and in their ability to execute on complex V&V activities together

Review and refine software requirements in the interest of testability

Manage the transition between component-level V&V and vehicle-level V&V

Experience leading the testing and release management of high-assurance software

Experience with software-defined vehicle architecture

Experience with project, task, and performance management of a team of test engineers

Experience tackling complex configuration management challenges

Experience with software-in-the-loop and hardware-in-the-loop testing strategies

C++ expertise

Automotive-centric software frameworks (e.g. AUTOSAR), development/process standards (e.g. MISRA, ASPICE) and physical interfaces/protocols (Automotive Ethernet, CAN bus, UDS/DoIP/DoCAN)

Validation of bootloaders, secure boot, secure firmware update (e.g. OTA)

Validation of embedded real-time and POSIX operating systems and applications built upon them