MCU & Manufacturing Test Engineer
Remote · Irvine · USD 130,000-140,000 · 5+ years experience · Full-time · Remote · Posted Oct 6, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 5+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- Remote · Irvine
- Salary
- USD 130,000-140,000
About the role
- The MCU & Manufacturing Test Engineer sustains software for production automotive ECUs, focusing on component changes and manufacturing support. You will manage codebases, validate changes, and document processes to ensure independent production operations.
Responsibilities
- Sustain software for production automotive ECUs
- Handle component changes including obsolete parts, memory swaps, and second sources
- Support production at the contract manufacturer
- Take over existing codebases and implement necessary changes
- Validate software changes
- Document processes through SOPs and runbooks
- Deploy test updates
- Debug production line failures
- Analyze yield data
Requirements
- 5+ years of automotive embedded software experience
- Experience supporting production at a contract manufacturer
- Knowledge of automotive change control processes (PPAP, DV/PV, deviations)
- Hands-on bench debugging experience with standard lab tools
- Proficiency in microcontroller firmware (bare-metal or RTOS)
- Experience with Flash, EEPROM, memory drivers, bootloaders, and JTAG debug
- Experience with EOL test sequences, test limits, and flashing stations (e.g., NI TestStand)
- Experience with automotive diagnostics and flashing (UDS, CAN, automotive Ethernet)
- Ability to work independently
Preferred qualifications
- Field-return / RMA failure analysis
Workplace
- Remote; Irvine
- Drug-free workplace; pre-employment drug screening required
Skills
- Embedded Software
- Microcontroller Firmware
- RTOS
- Bare-metal
- Flash
- EEPROM
- Bootloaders
- JTAG
- NI TestStand
- UDS
- CAN
- Automotive Ethernet
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- PPAP
- DV/PV
