Test Lead – Embedded Systems & Test Automation

Roles & Responsibilities : Test Leadership & Strategy: •                    Lead end-to-end test strategy for multiple parallel projects/releases (system, integration, E2E). •                    Own test planning, estimation, scheduling, and reporting across teams; drive risk-based testing. •                    Define quality gates, acceptance criteria, and release readiness metrics (coverage, defect trends, stability). •                    Coordinate with PO/Scrum Master, development, DevOps, and stakeholders to align quality goals.   Automation Frameworks & Execution: •                    Drive automation roadmap: what to automate, when to automate, and how to keep it maintainable. •                    Hands-on contribution to automation (review + development) for embedded and HMI/Web layers. •                    Establish coding standards, branching strategy, test design patterns, logging, and reporting. •                    Mentor test engineers; perform code reviews and enforce reliability and repeatability of automation.   Embedded Linux & Embedded RTOS System Testing: •                    Lead system validation for Embedded Linux firmware/applications and Embedded RTOS components. •                    Validate system services, networking configurations, IPC mechanisms, security aspects, and performance. •                    Plan and execute regression, stress, endurance, and stability tests on real hardware. •                    Guide test approach for drivers/kernel modules (Linux) and real-time behaviour (RTOS), including timing and resource constraints.   HMI / Web Application Validation: •                    Validate UI/UX consistency, responsiveness, and functional workflows on device-hosted HMI. •                    Automate web testing using Selenium / Robot Framework (or similar), integrated with system test runs. •                    Validate communication paths between HMI and backend services using REST APIs, WebSockets, MQTT/ZMQ.   CI/CD Pipelines & Quality Gates (Jenkins / GitHub Actions): •                    Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated test execution (smoke, regression, nightly). •                    Integrate test automation with Jenkins and/or GitHub Actions (YAML), including artifacts, logs, and reports. •                    Implement pipeline gating (PR checks, required workflows) and automated notifications. •                    Ensure test environments are reproducible (Python venv, dependency pinning, containers if needed).   Test Environment, Tools & Defect Management: Own test environment readiness: hardware availability, flashing/deployment steps, data, credentials, and tooling. Define defect triage process and SLAs; lead RCA for escaped defects and recurring issues. Maintain traceability between requirements, test cases, automation coverage, and defects.     Role: Test Lead – Embedded Systems & Test Automation Experience: 8+ years Key Skills & Experience: •                    5+ years in QA/Test Engineering with at least 3–5 years leading teams/projects. •                    Strong hands-on experience in Embedded Linux system testing and automation. •                    Strong exposure to Embedded RTOS testing (timing, concurrency, resource constraints, real-time behaviour). •                    Python expertise for automation (framework development, utilities, API/system validation scripts). •                    CI/CD experience: Jenkins and/or GitHub Actions, pipeline design, gating, reporting.     •                    Web/API validation experience: REST APIs, WebSockets; MQTT/ZMQ exposure is a plus. •                    Good understanding of networking, IPC, security validation, performance, and stability testing. •                    Experience working with real embedded hardware; HIL exposure is a plus. •                    Test management: planning, estimation, stakeholder reporting, mentoring, and delivery ownership. •                    Tooling: Jenkins/GitHub Actions for CI/CD + quality gates; Git + Jira for PR/defect workflow and traceability.   Preferred Qualifications: •                    Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science / Electronics / Embedded Systems (or related). •                    Experience in Industrial IoT / Energy Storage / Automotive embedded systems is a plus. •                    Exposure to Yocto / Buildroot / embedded Linux distributions is beneficial. •                    Exposure to Embedded C/C++ (for debugging, logs, and root-cause analysis).   Bosch Global Software Technologies Private Limited  is a 100% owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch GmbH, one of the world's leading global supplier of technology and services, offering end-to-end Engineering, IT and Business Solutions. With over 27,000+ associates, it’s the largest software development center of Bosch, outside Germany, indicating that it is the Technology Powerhouse of Bosch in India with a global footprint and presence in the US, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.