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Rolling Wireless

Certification Test Engineer

Dallas, TX ยท Remote

We are looking for a Certification Support Test Engineer who will play critical role in certifying ... You will help define the test campaign, remote and field testing, collect logs, troubleshoot issues ...

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Anduril Industries

Flight Test Engineer

Costa Mesa, CA ยท On-site +1

Deploy to remote test sites within the US, with opportunity to support trials in overseas locations ... Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field. * 2-5+ years of experience in UAS ...

GDIT

AFMS Test Engineer

WV ยท On-site +1

$73K - $86K/yr

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT As a Test Engineer, the work you'll do at GDIT will be ... Remote Work Location: Any Location / Remote Additional Work Locations: Total Rewards at GDIT: Our ...

College Board

Test Engineer

Technology Division - PowerFAIDS Cloud Team Remote, working core EST hours About the Team The ... About the Opportunity As our Test Engineer, you are highly motivated with a passion for analyzing ...

Argyle Infotech

SDET Engineer

Eden Prairie, MN (100% Remote) Duration: Long Term Project Name: ECDI Quality engineering support Description: Need to have testing automation experience and experience with the Cypress tool.

Bright Vision Technologies

SDET Engineer

$100K - $150K/yr

Job Title: SDET Engineer Location: 100% Remote (Continental United States) Position Type: In-house Bright Vision Technologies SOW engagement (no third-party client or vendor) Salary: $100K - $150K ...

Bright Vision Technologies

SDET Engineer

Employment Terms & Visa Policy This is a 100% remote, full-time, direct W2 position with Bright ... Job Summary We are seeking an experienced SDET Engineer to bring strong software engineering ...

Bright Vision Technologies

SDET Engineer

$100K - $150K/yr

Employment Terms & Visa Policy This is a 100% remote, full-time, direct W2 position with Bright ... Job Summary We are seeking an experienced SDET Engineer to bring strong software engineering ...

SAIC

Senior Software Test Engineer

Washington, DC ยท Remote

$80K - $120K/yr

ORA_REMOTE Description SAIC is looking for a Senior Software Test Engineer to provide testing support as a member of an integrated agile project development and testing Team. He/she will be working ...

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PBG

Salesforce - Test Engineer

Remote work performed in the U.S.; (Occasional travel to DOT HQ - Washington, DC, Navy Yard) - Must ... The Test Engineer will develop and execute test plans, validate system functionality, and ensure ...

Sidram Technologies

CC&B Test Engineer

Atlanta, GA ยท Remote

Remote Description: Required Qualifications We are seeking a CC&B Test engineer to manage end-to-end testing activities for applications, ensuring high-quality deliverables, compliance with industry ...

Dev Technology Group

Lead Test Engineer

Suitland, MD ยท On-site +1

$104K - $160K/yr

Lead Test Engineer, #1074 Security Requirement: U.S. Citizenship required Work Location: Suitland ... Flexible work schedules and telework options, including remote work availability for eligible ...

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Govcio LLC

Mid-Sr Test Engineer (Remote)

$105K - $115K/yr

GovCIO is currently hiring for a Test Engineer to design, develop, and implement testing methods ensuring products satisfy business requirements. This will be a fully remote position within the ...

Dev Technology

Lead Test Engineer

Suitland, MD ยท On-site +1

$104K - $160K/yr

Lead Test Engineer, #1074 Security Requirement: U.S. Citizenship required Work Location: Suitland ... Flexible work schedules and telework options, including remote work availability for eligible ...

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QCi

PIC Test Engineer- Tempe

Arizona, LA ยท On-site +1

Support efforts related to automated measurement, remote instrument control, and data-driven test workflows. Required Skills and Experience * Master's degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering ...

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How much do remote hil test engineer jobs pay per hour?

As of Jul 1, 2026, the average hourly pay for remote hil test engineer in the United States is $46.58, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $34.86 and $59.13 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a Remote HIL Test Engineer?

A Remote HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) Test Engineer is a professional who designs, develops, and executes automated tests for embedded systems using HIL simulation technologies, often working from a remote location. They are responsible for validating and verifying hardware and software integration by simulating real-world conditions and ensuring system reliability before deployment. This role typically involves setting up test benches, creating test scripts, analyzing test results, and collaborating with cross-functional teams, all while leveraging remote access tools and cloud-based platforms.

What are some common challenges faced by Remote HIL Test Engineers, and how can they be addressed?

Remote HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) Test Engineers often face challenges related to coordinating hardware access, troubleshooting issues remotely, and ensuring clear communication with on-site teams. Since much of the hardware may not be physically accessible, strong remote diagnostic skills and experience with remote desktop tools are essential. Building effective communication channels with on-site engineers and maintaining detailed documentation can help address these challenges. Regularly scheduled virtual check-ins and leveraging cloud-based test management platforms also support efficient collaboration and progress tracking.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Remote HIL Test Engineer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Remote HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) Test Engineer, you need a strong background in electrical engineering, embedded systems, and control theory, often supported by a relevant degree. Familiarity with HIL platforms like dSPACE or NI, scripting languages (e.g., Python, MATLAB), and test automation tools is typically required. Strong problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, and effective remote communication skills help distinguish top performers. These skills ensure accurate system validation, efficient troubleshooting, and seamless collaboration in distributed engineering environments.
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Senior Virtual Cloud Test Engineer (Must have Cuttlefish experience)

Volkswagen AG

Belmont, CA โ€ข On-site, Remote

Full-time

Medical, Retirement, PTO

Posted 15 days ago

Job description

Worldwide, the Volkswagen Group has a long tradition of dramatic innovations. The Volkswagen Group with its headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany is one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. The Group comprises twelve brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi, SEAT, ล KODA, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania and MAN.
Brief Role Description
Senior Virtual Cloud Test Engineer
Role Summary
The Virtual Cloud Engineer will own the end-to-end test engineering for virtual ECUs-from VECU creation (AUTOSAR Classic/Adaptive) and restbus/environment modeling, to deterministic simulation, fault injection, conformance, diagnostics/flash, and scalable CI execution. You will build and operate a virtual test platform that exercises production software stacks (communication, diagnostics, safety/security, OTA readiness) with measurable coverage and release grade. You partner with software, systems, safety, cybersecurity, HIL, and OTA teams to ensure the virtual pipeline finds defects earlier than HIL/vehicle, at fleet scale.
The position will be a member of the worldwide connectivity technical team and interfaces with multiple stakeholders of VW Group's technical team members. This position investigates and develops new architectures for connected systems targeted to the US market.
Role Responsibilities
VECU Build & Simulation Architecture - (35%)
  • Define the VECU generation strategy for AUTOSAR Classic (RTE + BSW abstraction, virtual MCAL stubs) and Adaptive (POSIX targets, ara::com SOME/IP bindings), including OS abstraction, timers, timewarp, and determinism controls.
  • Select and integrate VECU platforms (e.g., dSPACE VEOS/SystemDesk, Vector vVIRTUALtarget/CANoe4SW Server, ETAS COSYM/ASCET, AVL VIRTUAL TESTBED, Wind River Simics, Imperas/OVPsim, QEMU/Renodebased flows) and manage tool qualification where applicable.
  • Establish co-simulation topologies: MIL/Plant models (Simulink/Modelica/FMU/FMI), bus/network simulators, and virtualization of sensors/actuators with IO semantics and timing fidelity.

CI at Scale & Test Data Ops - (25%)
  • Architect headless SIL farms (Docker/K8s runners, ephemeral test environments) executing parallel suites (thousands of SIL testcases per commit/nightly).
  • Integrate CI/CD (Jenkins/GitLab/Azure DevOps), artifact management (SBOM: SPDX/CycloneDX), test results (JUnit/Allure), and flaky test quarantine + triage dashboards.
  • Implement golden capture/compare pipelines (PCAP/MDF4/CSV) and scenario versioning (OpenSCENARIO/OpenDRIVE/ASAM OSI if AD/ADAS is in scope).

Operational Management - (15%)
  • Ownership of Virtual Test topics in NAR markets
  • Own the relationship with network operator, contract manufacturer, platform provider and lead strategic discussions and technical negotiations.
  • Serve as technical authority for VECU testing; mentor engineers in XiL best practices, determinism, and modeling tradeoffs.
  • Drive supplier alignment (Tier1/2) for virtual deliverables (VECU packages, ARXML/ODX/OTX, service catalogs, security plugins).
  • Conduct design/test reviews, DFMEA/FMEA, and lead 8D on defects discovered in SIL with crisp reproduction artifacts.

Communication, Diagnostics & Flashing in SIL - (10%)
  • Model and validate Automotive Ethernet stacks: SOME/IP & SOME/IP-SD, DoIP, AVB/TSN where applicable; simulate VLAN/QoS and congestion scenarios.
  • Exercise CAN/CAN-FD, LIN, FlexRay via restbus simulations; verify UDS services, ISO-TP segmentation and XCP/CCP measurement/calibration flows.
  • Implement DoIP-routed UDS flashing in SIL with eligibility/state checks, A/B or recovery slots, anti-rollback, and bootloader handshake emulation (timings, NRCs).

Virtual Environment & Restbus Modeling - (10%)
  • Develop restbus models for gateways, sensors, actuators, and peer ECUs using Vector CANoe/CAPL (incl. CANoe4SW Server), Python, and co-simulation bridges.
  • Build service catalogs and SOME/IP service mocks, including late-joiner/re-announce behaviors and instance collision tests; emulate SecOC/E2E protections.
  • Create plant models (Simulink/Modelica, FMU/FMI) for closed-loop testing of control functions; parameterize with production DBC/ARXML/LDF.

Robustness, Fault Injection & Fuzzing - (5%)
  • Execute fault campaigns: bus saturation, frame loss/reordering, clock drift, time sync perturbations (gPTP), power cycles/brown-outs (virt), memory pressure, and network fuzzing (UDS/DoIP/SOME-IP).
  • Apply protocol fuzzing (boofuzz, Scapy, Peach, AFL++ harnesses), mutation testing, and error seeding to validate diagnostic/communication hardening.
  • Model electrical transients (ISO 76372, load dump) effects at the software boundary and verify recovery logic within the VECU.

Qualification requirements
Skills Requirements:
  • Excellent strategic thinking and communication skills.
  • Analytical and conceptual thinking
  • Experience in developing strategies for R&D
  • Communication skills - interpersonal, presentation and written
  • Integration - joining people, processes or systems
  • Influencing and negotiation skills
  • Strategic/visionary minded
  • Resource management
  • Interest in designing systems

Specialized Skills
Required
  • Knowledge of communication between HW & SW architecture and hardware development processes.
  • Excellent communication; proven cross functional leadership across hardware, software, cloud, manufacturing, compliance, and program management.
  • Deep understanding of typical vehicle EE architectures and automotive development processes.
  • Deep expertise in SOME/IP/SOMEIPSD, DoIP, UDS/ISOTP, CAN/CANFD/LIN, and restbus modeling; hands-on with ODX/OTX and XCP.
  • Proven delivery of CI at scale virtual test grids (parallel headless execution, artifacted evidence, flake management).
  • Strong command of coverage engineering (MC/DC, model & code coverage), fault injection/fuzzing, and performance/timing analysis in virtual environments.
  • Demonstrated experience with MISRA, static analysis, sanitizers, and traceability (Polarion/Codebeamer).

Toolchain experience:
  • Networks & Middleware (experience with any of):
  • Automotive Ethernet: SOME/IP & SOME-IP-SD, DoIP, TSN/AVB, VLAN/QoS
  • CAN/CAN-FD, LIN, FlexRay, ISO-TP
  • Diagnostics: UDS, ODX/OTX authoring/automation; XCP/CCP (ASAM), DIDs, routines, DTC handling
  • Security (where applicable): SecOC (AUTOSAR), TLS/mTLS, E2E protection profiles
  • VECU Platforms & CoSim (experience with any of):
  • VECU generation: AUTOSAR Classic (RTE + virtual BSW/MCAL), Adaptive (POSIX, ara::com), Android Automotive/QNX/Linux POSIX builds
  • Tools (any mix): dSPACE, Vector vVIRTUALtarget / CANoe4SW Server, ETAS COSYM, AVL VIRTUAL TESTBED, Imperas/OVPsim, QEMU/Renode
  • FMU/FMI import, Simulink/Modelica co-sim; ASAM XIL API test bench control
  • Restbus, Test Authoring & Automation (experience with any of):
  • Vector: CANoe/CANalyzer/CANape, vTESTstudio, CAPL; CANoe4SW Server for headless SIL
  • Python (python-can, scapy, pyshark, pyvisa), Robot Framework, pytest, gRPC/REST harnesses
  • Traffic/PCAP tooling: Wireshark (SOME-IP/DoIP dissectors), tcpreplay, custom fuzzers
  • Coverage, Analysis & Observability (experience with any of):

Desired
  • vECU generation using VEOS/SystemDesk, vVIRTUALtarget/CANoe4SW, or COSYM; cosim with FMU/FMI and plant models.
  • TSN budget analysis (gPTP domains, Qav/Qbv scheduling) for AV/service traffic in SIL.
  • Virtual UDS flashing including A/B slots and anti-rollback; security hardening (SecOC, TLS/mTLS) validated in SIL.
  • Experience scaling SIL in Kubernetes with observability (OpenTelemetry + ELK/Grafana) and SBOM/attestation in release flow.
  • Exposure to ADAS scenario-based validation (OpenSCENARIO/OSI) and cloud-scale simulation.
  • Knowledge of VW Group product design requirements,
  • Programming experience with the languages C, C++, Java, Python, and script languages.

Additional Required Qualifications
Years of Required Experience
  • 7+ years of hardware or software development experience for connectivity functions in a vehicle manufacturer or supplier
  • 5+ years of working in automotive projects including communication technology, ADAS or automation

Education Requirements:
Required
  • BS in Engineering

Desired
  • MS and/or PhD in Engineering

Compensation Data
Salary is determined by geographical location and adjusted accordingly. In Silicon Valley, the expected base salary range is between $160,000 - $175,000. Other benefits for this position include:
โ€ข Eligibility for annual performance bonus
โ€ข Healthcare benefits
โ€ข 401(k), with company match
โ€ข Defined contribution retirement program.
โ€ข Tuition reimbursement
โ€ข Company lease car program
โ€ข Paid time off
Competencies
Perform together
Live integrity & compliance
Act as an owner
Excite customer
Grow personally
Handle complexity
Volkswagen Group of America is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds, and do not discriminate based on race, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, color, gender identity/expression, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.
This role description is a guideline and does not create contractual rights between the Company and any of its applicants. The Company does not enter into any type of employment contract, implied or written, with its applicants regarding job security.
This Organization participates in E-Verify. We maintain a drug free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
Worldwide, the Volkswagen Group has a long tradition of dramatic innovations. The Volkswagen Group with its headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany is one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. The Group comprises twelve brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi, SEAT, ล KODA, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania and MAN.
Brief Role Description
Senior Virtual Cloud Test Engineer
Role Summary
The Virtual Cloud Engineer will own the end-to-end test engineering for virtual ECUs-from VECU creation (AUTOSAR Classic/Adaptive) and restbus/environment modeling, to deterministic simulation, fault injection, conformance, diagnostics/flash, and scalable CI execution. You will build and operate a virtual test platform that exercises production software stacks (communication, diagnostics, safety/security, OTA readiness) with measurable coverage and release grade. You partner with software, systems, safety, cybersecurity, HIL, and OTA teams to ensure the virtual pipeline finds defects earlier than HIL/vehicle, at fleet scale.
The position will be a member of the worldwide connectivity technical team and interfaces with multiple stakeholders of VW Group's technical team members. This position investigates and develops new architectures for connected systems targeted to the US market.
Role Responsibilities
VECU Build & Simulation Architecture - (35%)
  • Define the VECU generation strategy for AUTOSAR Classic (RTE + BSW abstraction, virtual MCAL stubs) and Adaptive (POSIX targets, ara::com SOME/IP bindings), including OS abstraction, timers, timewarp, and determinism controls.
  • Select and integrate VECU platforms (e.g., dSPACE VEOS/SystemDesk, Vector vVIRTUALtarget/CANoe4SW Server, ETAS COSYM/ASCET, AVL VIRTUAL TESTBED, Wind River Simics, Imperas/OVPsim, QEMU/Renodebased flows) and manage tool qualification where applicable.
  • Establish co-simulation topologies: MIL/Plant models (Simulink/Modelica/FMU/FMI), bus/network simulators, and virtualization of sensors/actuators with IO semantics and timing fidelity.

CI at Scale & Test Data Ops - (25%)
  • Architect headless SIL farms (Docker/K8s runners, ephemeral test environments) executing parallel suites (thousands of SIL testcases per commit/nightly).
  • Integrate CI/CD (Jenkins/GitLab/Azure DevOps), artifact management (SBOM: SPDX/CycloneDX), test results (JUnit/Allure), and flaky test quarantine + triage dashboards.
  • Implement golden capture/compare pipelines (PCAP/MDF4/CSV) and scenario versioning (OpenSCENARIO/OpenDRIVE/ASAM OSI if AD/ADAS is in scope).

Operational Management - (15%)
  • Ownership of Virtual Test topics in NAR markets
  • Own the relationship with network operator, contract manufacturer, platform provider and lead strategic discussions and technical negotiations.
  • Serve as technical authority for VECU testing; mentor engineers in XiL best practices, determinism, and modeling tradeoffs.
  • Drive supplier alignment (Tier1/2) for virtual deliverables (VECU packages, ARXML/ODX/OTX, service catalogs, security plugins).
  • Conduct design/test reviews, DFMEA/FMEA, and lead 8D on defects discovered in SIL with crisp reproduction artifacts.

Communication, Diagnostics & Flashing in SIL - (10%)
  • Model and validate Automotive Ethernet stacks: SOME/IP & SOME/IP-SD, DoIP, AVB/TSN where applicable; simulate VLAN/QoS and congestion scenarios.
  • Exercise CAN/CAN-FD, LIN,

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