Lead Software Test Infrastructure Engineer

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p>We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.</p> <p>As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.</p> <p>When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.</p></div><div style="border-width: 100%;"> <div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-left: 0in; width: 8.177in;"> <div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-left: 0in; width: 8.177in;"> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Location: Palo Alto, CA</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">We are seeking a <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lead Software Test Infrastructure Engineer</span> to join our team, to facilitate the validation of automotive firmware and applications. As a Lead Software Test Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, maintaining, and scaling automated test frameworks and tools that enable efficient software testing. You will also be responsible for providing technical guidance, mentoring junior engineers, and driving strategic direction for test infrastructure, CI/CD integration, and simulations. Your expertise in embedded systems and automotive industry knowledge will help ensure the quality and reliability of our software solutions.</p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">                             </span></p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Responsibilities</span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"> <li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Lead the design, development, and evolution of V&V test infrastructure frameworks, focusing on scalability, reliability, and self-service capabilities.</span></li> <li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Architect and develop scalable test frameworks in Python, CI/CD integrations, and simulation environments for hardware (HIL) and software (SIL) test assets.</span></li> <li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Develop self-service automated tools and utilities that are extensible, configurable, and well-documented to enable engineers to test their own features and enhance test coverage and efficiency.</span></li> <li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Mentor junior and senior engineers, provide technical direction, and guide complex engineering initiatives.</span></li> <li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Work closely with software developers, V&V/QA engineers, TPMS, and product teams to understand needs, define requirements, and integrate solutions.</span></li> <li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Build, review, and expand infrastructure needed to simulate automative behaviors and automate tests</span></li> <li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Evangelize coding best practices and mentor engineers on requirements-driven-test-development (RDTD), test-driven development (TDD), unit testing, and automation best practices.</span></li> <li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;">Participate in code reviews and provide feedback on testability and maintainability. </span></li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0in; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Requirements</span></p> <ul style="margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;" type="disc"> <li style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;"><span…