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Sr. Software Engineer in Test

NIO

San Jose, CA · full time · Senior

$143,200 – $186,000

Listed on NIO’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

NIO is hiring a test automation engineer to build and maintain validation frameworks for their next-generation automotive operating system and hypervisor platform. The role suits someone with strong embedded systems testing experience who enjoys working across hardware and software layers in a fast-paced automotive environment.

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What they ask for

Required

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
  • 5+ years of test design and automation for embedded systems
  • Python programming
  • C/C++ programming
  • Bash scripting
  • Jenkins CI/CD pipelines
  • Git version control
  • Hardware-level testing experience
  • Test automation frameworks and debugging methodologies
  • Cross-functional team collaboration

Nice to have

  • Linux OS internals knowledge
  • FreeRTOS or SafeRTOS experience
  • KVM or QEMU virtualization experience
  • Docker containerization
  • GitLab CI
  • ISO 26262 functional safety standards
  • Automotive protocols (Ethernet, TCP/IP, CAN, LIN)
  • Stress and reliability testing tools like stress-ng

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