Senior Software Engineer, Arene Applied Engineering

Design, develop, and maintain reusable V&V frameworks, tools, and test infrastructure (primarily in Python and C++), enabling consistent verification and validation across Arene products and environments.

Translate product and system requirements into test strategies, test plans, and detailed test cases spanning unit, integration, system, and qualification levels, aligned with Arene V&V and test practices.

Lead the design, rehearsal, execution, and reporting of V&V campaigns for North America–led products and features, ensuring coverage of critical paths and regression risks.

Ensure requirements–test–results traceability in JAMA and related tools, and maintain audit-ready V&V evidence in accordance with Arene standards and QMS expectations.

Build and improve CI/CD pipelines and automated quality gates (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins) that run V&V suites, enforce coverage and quality thresholds, and gate releases based on V&V outcomes.

Collaborate closely with Vehicle Platform, VSDK, DevKit, tools, and other Arene teams to select appropriate test environments (simulation, emulation, HIL, on-vehicle) and to debug complex failures across software and hardware boundaries.

Write clear, structured V&V documentation, including test plans, test specifications, test reports, and contribution to team practices and SOPs.

Mentor engineers on testability, V&V best practices, and CI-driven quality, helping teams shift testing left and build reliable, testable features from the start.

Mentor other engineers on code best practices, architecture, and development. 

Thrive in a fast-paced, hands-on environment working closely with operating systems, compute hardware, sensors, and vehicles, while coordinating with global stakeholders across Arene.

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

5+ years of professional experience in software development and/or verification & validation, with a strong track record in test automation and CI-driven quality.

Proficiency in Python for test automation; experience with C++ for low-level or performance-critical testing. Rust experience is a plus.

Hands-on experience designing and executing tests in simulated, emulated, and hardware environments, including debugging failures across multiple components and services.

Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins) that run tests and enforce quality gates as part of release workflows.

Strong understanding of integration, system, and qualification testing, coverage, and defect triage, ideally in a multi-service or platform context.

Ability to operate autonomously across multiple teams, manage ambiguity, and drive alignment on V&V scope and acceptance criteria with stakeholders in Product, Systems Engineering, and Development.

Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to write clear documentation and present test strategies and results to technical and non-technical audiences.

Experience with automotive software development and/or software-defined vehicles, including familiarity with safety or regulatory constraints (e.g., FuSa, ASIL).

Experience with containerization and cloud infrastructure (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure, Terraform) for test environments and CI pipelines.

Knowledge of real-time operating systems (RTOS) or embedded systems and their testing constraints.

Experience with requirements and test management tools (e.g., JAMA, Jira) and with creating formal V&V test reports in a QMS or audited environment.

Experience defining or contributing to V&V practices, test strategies, or test standards at the team or organization level.