Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Volkswagen Group of America is a leading automobile manufacturer and part of the Volkswagen Group. They are seeking a Senior Virtual Cloud Test Engineer to manage end-to-end test engineering for virtual ECUs, including the creation and simulation of VECUs, and to ensure the virtual testing pipeline identifies defects effectively at fleet scale.
Responsibilities
- 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), bnetwork simulators, and virtualization of sensors/actuators with IO semantics and timing fidelity
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
Skills
- 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)
- 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
- BS in Engineering
- 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
- MS and/or PhD in Engineering
Benefits
- Eligibility for annual performance bonus
- Healthcare benefits
- 401(k), with company match
- Defined contribution retirement program.
- Tuition reimbursement
- Company lease car program
- Paid time off
Company Overview
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