Senior V&V Engineer – Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) & Test Bench

Location: Santa Clara, CA; onsite five days a week

Salary: $160,000–$260,000 per year

Company

hirify.global develops Level 4 autonomous transportation technology for short-haul, B2B middle-mile logistics, integrating software and hardware for driverless commercial deliveries.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain multi-ECU hardware-in-the-loop test benches representing complete autonomous vehicle electronics.
• Integrate sensor simulation technology into real-time hardware test setups.
• Develop automated physical and electrical fault-injection suites covering open circuits, shorts, latency spikes, corrupted signals, and power dropouts.
• Write Python and C++ test scripts for overnight regression testing on physical HIL rigs within CI/CD pipelines.
• Execute requirements-based testing and produce formal verification evidence for ISO 26262 hardware functional safety compliance.
• Root-cause hardware-software interface bugs, bus timing errors, and ECU communication anomalies with Hardware and Autonomy engineering teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or Robotics.
• 5+ years of experience developing and executing HIL test environments for autonomous driving, ADAS, or automotive systems.
• Expertise with commercial HIL hardware such as dSPACE SCALEXIO/AutoBox, NI PXI, or Vector VT System.
• Advanced scripting skills in Python and MATLAB/Simulink for automated test execution.
• Deep understanding of CAN, CAN-FD, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, SPI, and GMSL/FPD-Link protocols.

Nice to have

• Direct experience with ISO 26262 V&V sign-off audits for production vehicle releases.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on autonomous middle-mile transportation and driverless commercial delivery systems.
• Collaborate across Hardware and Autonomy engineering teams.
• Join a diverse and inclusive environment focused on collaboration, respect, agility, and professional growth.
• Contribute to safer, more resilient, and more sustainable freight transportation.