Lead Cybersecurity Test Engineer

Stellantis is seeking a Lead Cybersecurity Test Engineer to help integrate and validate automotive cybersecurity software features across multidomain HPC and zonal ECU platforms. This onsite role in Auburn Hills, MI focuses on requirements-based verification, test development and automation, and cross-team collaboration to resolve integration challenges in hardware-based and HIL environments.

Responsibilities

• Perform system integration and cybersecurity verification of multidomain HPC and Zonal ECU platforms.
• Integrate ECU software, perform flashing and configuration, and execute cybersecurity test scenarios on physical system benches and HIL environments.
• Develop and execute requirements-based test cases for automotive software cybersecurity features, including secure boot, secure update, ECU authentication, key management, HSM, diagnostic security, and data protection mechanisms.
• Validate cybersecurity functionality across ECU boundaries, including interactions between HPC, zonal controllers, and other vehicle domains.
• Use Lauterbach Debugger, Vector CANoe/CAPL, Vector VT System, and dSPACE HIL systems for test execution, debugging, and system-level analysis.
• Develop CAPL and Python scripts to automate cybersecurity test scenarios and improve test coverage and execution efficiency.
• Validate communication and diagnostic interfaces over Automotive Ethernet, CAN, and LIN networks.
• Analyze software behavior, debug integration issues, investigate test failures, and collaborate with development teams to drive issue resolution.
• Review system and cybersecurity requirements, identify coverage gaps, and ensure traceability between requirements, test cases, and test results.
• Support automated test execution and integration into CI pipelines.
• Participate in design and architecture reviews to provide feedback on cybersecurity feature implementation, testability, and system-level integration.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity, embedded software, system architecture, and domain teams throughout the software development and validation lifecycle.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with automotive debugging and test automation tools, including Lauterbach Debugger, Vector CANoe/CAPL, Vector VT System, and dSPACE HIL platforms.
• Comfortable working from early software development stages through system validation, including identifying integration gaps and ensuring end-to-end cybersecurity functionality across interconnected vehicle controllers.
• Strong background in automotive embedded software, system integration, and cybersecurity verification.

Technologies

• Lauterbach Debugger
• Vector CANoe
• CAPL
• Vector VT System
• dSPACE HIL
• Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)
• Python
• Automotive Ethernet
• CAN
• LIN
• CI pipelines

Location

Auburn Hills, MI, US (onsite)