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Experience: 4–6 Years

Domain: Automotive IoT | Connected Vehicles | Firmware & OTA

Core Stack: Rust | AWS | IoT Core | Apache Kafka | MemoryDB

Key Responsibilities  

OTA & Firmware Lifecycle  

• Co-own OTA firmware rollout operations across multi-ECU connected vehicle architectures.
• Design automated mechanisms to detect update failures, network interruptions, verification errors, and stalled deployments.
• Implement deterministic retry, recovery, and rollback mechanisms to ensure reliable firmware updates without vehicle bricking.
• Ensure firmware package integrity, signature validation, and data security throughout the OTA pipeline.

Data Engineering & Telemetry  

• Design and maintain real-time streaming pipelines for vehicle telemetry, heartbeats, OTA campaign status, and ECU state changes.
• Build high-throughput data services and workers using Rust for payload routing, processing, and verification.
• Use Apache Kafka and AWS IoT Core for real-time data ingestion and event streaming.
• Leverage AWS MemoryDB for Redis for low-latency fleet state, campaign progression, and session management.
• Build resilient pipelines capable of handling intermittent connectivity, noisy networks, and out-of-order data.

Monitoring & Analytics  

• Build real-time dashboards for fleet health, firmware versions, OTA campaigns, and update progress.
• Define and monitor key OTA metrics including success/failure rates, retry rates, failure categories, and completion time.
• Implement automated alerting and anomaly detection for unexpected failure spikes during staged or canary rollouts.
• Analyze logs, traces, and telemetry data to identify campaign bottlenecks, telemetry loss, and hardware-related failures.

Required Skills  

Mandatory  

• 4–6 years of experience in Data Engineering, Software Engineering, or IoT Backend Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Rust for backend/data processing applications.
• Experience with AWS, particularly IoT Core, S3, ECS/EKS, and Lambda.
• Strong experience with Apache Kafka and real-time data pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with AWS MemoryDB for Redis or Redis Enterprise.
• Working knowledge of Python and SQL.
• Experience with MQTT, WebSockets, and HTTP/S protocols.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, streaming data, and resilient data pipelines.

Preferred  

• Experience with firmware lifecycle management and OTA systems.
• Exposure to connected vehicles, automotive IoT, telemetry platforms, or connected hardware fleets.
• Experience with device shadows and fleet/device state management.
• Experience building telemetry dashboards using Power BI, Apache Superset, or custom dashboards.
• Experience with staged/canary deployments and automated failure recovery.

Primary Technology Stack  

• Languages: Rust, Python, SQL
• Cloud: AWS, IoT Core, S3, ECS/EKS, Lambda
• Streaming: Apache Kafka
• Caching & State: AWS MemoryDB for Redis, Redis
• IoT Protocols: MQTT, WebSockets, HTTP/S
• Analytics & Visualization: Power BI, Apache Superset
• Domain: Automotive IoT, Vehicle Telemetry, OTA, Firmware Management

Key Responsibilities  

1. Define and own the end-to-end automation strategy for an Android-based Instrument Cluster (AOSP/Android Automotive).
2. Design, develop, and maintain automation frameworks for UI, Android system services, boot flows, OTA validation, and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing.
3. Automate system validation for boot performance, crashes, ANRs, memory usage, CPU/GPU performance, thermal behavior, and application launch times.
4. Validate power consumption, UI responsiveness, frame rates, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and network recovery scenarios.
5. Develop automated validation for CAN signals, ECU interactions, vehicle state transitions, and safety-critical display behavior.
6. Automate OTA testing, including A/B updates, rollback, recovery, and post-update stability.
7. Convert field issues into regression automation suites and support root cause analysis using logs and system traces.
8. Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines and deliver actionable test reports with regression tracking.

Required Skills  

Mandatory  

1. 7–12+ years of experience in Test Automation for Android or Embedded Systems.
2. Strong experience with Android AOSP or Android Automotive at the system level.
3. Excellent Python programming skills for automation framework development and CI integration.
4. Hands-on expertise with:
5. UI Automator (mandatory)
6. Espresso
7. Monkey / MonkeyRunner
8. Experience with Android debugging and performance tools such as Logcat, Perfetto, Systrace, Dumpsys, and Simpleperf.
9. Strong understanding of CAN, ECUs, vehicle signals, diagnostics, and embedded system validation.
10. Experience integrating automation into Jenkins or GitLab CI pipelines.
11. Working knowledge of Java/Kotlin for Android integration.

Preferred  

1. Experience with Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing.
2. Knowledge of Android CTS, VTS, GTS, and Android Test Station (ATS).
3. Experience with OTA validation, A/B update mechanisms, and recovery testing.
4. Working knowledge of Yocto is a strong advantage.

Primary Technology Stack  

1. Languages: Python, Java/Kotlin
2. Automation: UI Automator, Espresso, Monkey/MonkeyRunner
3. Android Testing: CTS, VTS, GTS, ATS
4. Performance & Debugging: Perfetto, Systrace, Simpleperf, Dumpsys, Logcat
5. CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI
6. Domain: Android Automotive, Embedded Systems, CAN, ECU, OTA, HIL

Experience: 7–12+ Years

Domain: Android Automotive | Embedded Systems | Test Automation

About Apexon:

Apexon is a digital-first technology services firm specializing in accelerating business transformation and delivering human-centric digital experiences. For over 17 years, Apexon has been meeting customers wherever they are in the digital lifecycle and helping them outperform their competition through speed and innovation. Our reputation is built on a comprehensive suite of engineering services, a dedication to solving our clients’ toughest technology problems, and a commitment to continuous improvement. We focus on three broad areas of digital services: User Experience (UI/UX, Commerce); Engineering (QE/Automation, Cloud, Product/Platform); and Data (Foundation, Analytics, and AI/ML), and have deep expertise in BFSI, healthcare, and life sciences.

Apexon is backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Everstone Capital.

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Desired Candidate profile:

• 5+ years of Embedded/Linux SW Development relevant Experience in Embedded C++. 
• Expert knowledge in writing software for embedded Systems (Embedded C++ language).
• Experience on OTA would be an added advantage
• Work experience in software development on bare metal, RTOS or Internal Linux. 
• Work experience in developing firmware for 8/16/32 bit microcontrollers (ARM, RISC etc)
• Good understanding w.r.t usage of 1. RTOS like MQX. 
• Bootloader and software update concepts. 
• Communication protocols like TCP/IP,MQTT. 
• Socket programming in Linux environment. 
• Good knowledge on protocols like (RS485, SPI, I2C, ADCs, CAN, LIN) 
• Knowledge of Blue-tooth communication protocols for BLE 4.2/5.1. 
• Proficient in the use of embedded SW Development tool chain (Flash/ debug tool chain, IDE). 
• Version Control Systems –GIT 
• Should have detailed knowledge on microcontrollers/microprocessors 
• Experience in scripting languages like Shell / CAPL / Make/Python etc. 
• Experience in using tools like Logiscope / Function Generator / Oscilloscope, etc. 
• Good knowledge in reading schematics and datasheets. 
• Excellent analytical skills and problem-solving skills. 
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills. 
• Must be a self-starter. 
• Ability to work as part of a dedicated project team and independently