Volkswagen of America, Inc · 1 day ago
Senior Virtual Cloud Test Engineer
Belmont, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$160K/yr - $175K/yr
7+ years expVolkswagen of America, Inc is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers. The Senior Virtual Cloud Test Engineer will own the end-to-end test engineering for virtual ECUs and will partner with various teams to ensure the virtual pipeline identifies defects early in the development process.
ManufacturingAutomotiveCommercial
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), bus/network 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
Qualification
Required
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
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
Preferred
MS and/or PhD 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
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
Volkswagen of America, Inc
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