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# Senior Test Lead

- **Company:** HCL America Inc.
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $148,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Automation of Tests, Communications Protocols, Firmware, Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation, Python (Programming Language), Non-Volatile Memory, Real-Time Operating Systems, Verification and Validation (Software), Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, Serial Peripheral Interface, Concurrency, Hardware Testing, Gitlab, Build Tools
- **Published:** August 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=26b0bc46ba445e87

## About the Role

1. Experience with embedded firmware verification and validation activities.

 2. Hands-on testing of embedded communication interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, ADC, RTC, and non-volatile memory.

 3. Experience with RTOS-based systems, including timing-sensitive testing, interrupt handling, concurrency, race conditions, deadlocks, and related troubleshooting

 4. Test automation experience using Python, Ceedling, or similar embedded test frameworks and scripting environments

 5. Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) setups, target hardware, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and bench testing.

 6. Experience working in regulated development environments, including requirements-based testing, traceability, verification documentation, and familiarity with IEC 62304.

 7. Experience with firmware development environments and tools such as GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, embedded build systems, and IAR or similar toolchains

Key Responsibilities
Embedded Software Verification & Validation
Communication protocols testing like I2C, SPI, UART, CAN etc...
Troubleshooting the RTOS based environments and helping the developers fixing the isses
Perform HIL testing
Following documentation procedures as per the IEC 62304 standards
Identify and propose the automation solutions where ever possible

Skill Requirements

Job Skill set:

 1. Direct experience with embedded firmware verification and validation activities.

 2. Hands-on testing of embedded communication interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, ADC, RTC, and non-volatile memory.

 3. Experience with RTOS-based systems, including timing-sensitive testing, interrupt handling, concurrency, race conditions, deadlocks, and related troubleshooting

 4. Test automation experience using Python, Ceedling, or similar embedded test frameworks and scripting environments

 5. Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) setups, target hardware, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and bench testing.

 6. Experience working in regulated development environments, including requirements-based testing, traceability, verification documentation, and familiarity with IEC 62304.

 7. Experience with firmware development environments and tools such as GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, embedded build systems, and IAR or similar toolchains



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