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The ideal candidate has deep expertise in firmware/embedded software testing, strong analytical skills, and a passion for delivering high-quality products at system-level configuration and FPGA partial reconfiguration (PR) areas.\nThis candidate is expected to pivot validation strategy to focus on embedded (FPGA) customer use-cases to validate real-world scenarios on embedded (FPGA) platforms. This role focuses on end-to-end system behaviour, ensuring that integrated hardware, firmware, drivers, and applications work seamlessly together under practical operating conditions. You will translate user workflows and usage scenarios into structured test cases, uncover system-level issues, and collaborate across engineering teams to deliver reliable, production-ready embedded solutions.\nThe successful candidate will be part of the Altera Software and IP Solutions (SIPS) Team.\nWhy this Role Matters?\nUse-case testing is where the real-world behaviour of the device is validated. You will play a critical role in ensuring that the product behaves reliably not only in lab conditions but in actual customer environments-making this role essential to product success.\nIf you aspire to grow into a leader in embedded and especially in FPGA systems and software ecosystem, this is the role for you.\nKey Responsibilities\nComponent, System and User Acceptance Validation\nDevelop comprehensive validation plans, test strategies, and test coverage matrices for embedded firmware and system-level functionality based on but not limited to FPGA firmware and hardware specifications, requirements from marketing/product planning team, and more importantly from deep diving into customer usage scenarios and use conditions\nAnalyse product requirements, customer workflows, and functional specifications to derive end-to-end use cases\nDefine acceptance criteria and validation coverage for each use case\nDesign, implement, and successfully execute automated test cases\nPerform regression testing, functional testing, stress testing, negative testing, and integration testing and end-to-end customer use-case testing\nDebug & Root Cause Analysis\nDiagnose, reproduce, and root-cause complex firmware/system issues\nTriangulate failures across firmware, software, and hardware boundaries\nWork with firmware engineers, hardware designers, and system architects to root-cause issues\nTrack defects, document findings, and drive issue resolution to closure\nCollaborate closely with firmware, hardware, and architecture teams to isolate defects and drive resolution\nAutomation & Infrastructure\nDevelop or enhance automation frameworks using Python, Perl or scripting tools\nImprove log collection, test orchestration, and result reporting systems\nContribute to continuous integration/continuous validation (CI/CV) infrastructure\nMaintain test equipment, lab setups, and test environments\nDocumentation & Reporting\nProvide detailed test reports, defect logs, and validation 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