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Cognizant

Embedded Test Engineer

Cognizant, Redmond, Washington, United States, 98052

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Overview Job Title:

Firmware Test Automation Engineer II

Location:

Redmond, WA

Meta Reality Labs develops hardware devices with custom firmware and software. The hardware, firmware, and software are continuously updated and tested in the lab to identify bugs, reliability issues, or performance concerns. As a Firmware Test Engineer at Meta Reality Labs in Redmond, WA, you will help ensure delivery of high-quality software and platforms for RL product lines.

Responsibilities

Build and execute test plans and test cases across multiple products and platforms; work with engineering teams to identify and resolve defects.

Be a detail-oriented engineer with experience testing high-quality software products and improving engineering efficiency.

Debug issues across the hardware and software stack including consumer electronics devices, mobile apps, and web.

End-to-end software/firmware test infrastructure development to support testing of power management, boot loaders, scheduling RTOS and/or bare-metal implementations, and host tools.

Participate with the team on testing approach and ensure test coverage across unit testing, integration testing, system testing, and regression testing.

Review software, firmware, hardware, and IP architectures to ensure testability and evaluate integration risk.

Develop software and related tools to automate testing of a large variety of devices and interfaces from host-side tools to low-level embedded systems.

Support all phases of development including early architecture and requirements definition for custom silicon, firmware architecture, implementation, simulation, FPGA debug, chip bring-up, and support for systems and software teams.

Proficient in troubleshooting, identifying root causes, raising defects, and working closely with cross-functional teams (Development and Infrastructure).

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

2+ years of software and test experience with embedded systems.

Familiarity with data acquisition systems and diagnostic equipment such as oscilloscopes, bus analyzers, and power supplies.

Knowledge of software testing methodologies including CI/CD.

Proficient in C, C++, and Python programming.

Experience providing clear communication and working well with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with integration and testing for a complex system.

Experience with low-level operating systems (RTOS, U-Boot) or other bare-metal programming.

Experience coding with Python and developing test frameworks.

Good knowledge of peripherals such as UART, SPI, CSI-2, I2C, GPIO, USB, PCIe.

Experience in real-time processing for computer vision and user interaction tasks in high-throughput systems.

Experience with FPGA and hardware evaluation boards, EDA design tools, and/or ISA simulators.

Skills OS: Windows, Linux; RTOS/U-Boot; C, C++, Python; Tools: CICD, Jenkins, PyCharm; Hardware knowledge of UART, SPI, CSI-2, I2C, GPIO, USB, PCIe; FPGA exposure.

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