Sr System Validation Engineer
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Chennai, India
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Industrial engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of embedded software validation experience
- Strong Linux experience
- Experience testing Embedded Linux products
- Strong networking knowledge
- Experience with REST API validation
- Experience with Python automation
- Experience with Git, JIRA, Confluence
- Strong debugging skills
Nice to have
- Yocto
- OpenWrt
- Embedded web applications
- SNMP
- Robot Framework
- PyTest
- Enterprise networking products
- Routers
- Gateways
- OpenWrt
- Smart power devices
- UPS
- Industrial automation products
Full description
Position Summary
We are seeking a Senior QA Engineer to validate next-generation Managed Power Distribution Units (PDUs) used in enterprise IT infrastructure, AV systems, and edge computing environments.
This role focuses on validating Embedded Linux firmware, middleware, networking services, embedded web applications, REST APIs, configuration management, telemetry, OTA updates, and hardware/software integration, as well as the remote management from local controller and Cloud web portal.
The engineer will work closely with firmware, hardware, cloud, and ODM engineering teams to ensure high product quality throughout development and production.
ResponsibilitiesFirmware & System Validation
- Validate Embedded Linux firmware and middleware features throughout the product lifecycle.
- Verify firmware functionality across multiple hardware revisions.
- Execute feature validation, regression testing, and system integration testing.
- Validate firmware upgrade and downgrade flows.
- Verify configuration persistence across reboot and power cycles.
- Validate watchdog recovery and fault recovery mechanisms.
Functional Testing
Test features including:
- Outlet control
- Outlet scheduling
- Sequential power on/off
- Outlet grouping
- User management
- Sensor management
- Alert configuration
- Threshold configuration
- Energy monitoring
- Environmental monitoring
- Logging and diagnostics
Embedded Linux Validation
Validate:
- Linux boot sequence
- System services
- Process startup
- Resource utilization
- Memory usage
- CPU utilization
- File system integrity
- Persistent storage
- System recovery
Verify:
- systemd services
- IPC mechanisms
- configuration files
- log collection
Networking Validation
Test:
- Ethernet connectivity
- IPv4 / IPv6