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Founded in 2018, the company’s breakthrough data transport and acceleration technology is ushering in a new era of connectivity and capabilities in the vehicle and at the edge, including highly reliable autonomy, over-the-air servicing and AI-backed applications. \nEthernovia's co-founders are serial technology entrepreneurs with multiple prior successful ventures together. We are well-funded and backed by some of the worlds’ leading technology investors, having secured $154M ($90+M Series-B and $64M Series-A) in total funding to date:\nEthernovia Raises Over $90 Million Series B to Scale Leading-Edge Autonomy and Physical AI Networking Chips\n Ethernovia Raises $64 Million to Accelerate the Revolution of Vehicle Networks | Business Wire (financial backers include: Porsche SE, Qualcomm, AMD, Western Digital, Maverick Silicon, Socratic Partners, Conduit Capital, and CDIB-TEN Capital)\n\nEthernovia has been recognized in EE Times' prestigious list of the Top 100 Startups for 2025.\nMarch 2026: Ethernovia Announces HSB-Enabled Networking Board for NVIDIA Holoscan Platforms\nJanuary 2024: Our CEO Ramin Shirani Named MotorTrend Software-Defined Vehicle Innovator Awards Winner (ethernovia.com) \nSeptember 2023: Continental and Ethernovia Announce Partnership to Develop Automotive Switch in 7nm - Ethernovia\nConnected Car News: Helios, Continental, Ethernovia, Avanci, BMW, Mapbox, Porsche, SEMA, Honda, UltraSense, Flex Logix, Diodes Inc., Garmin, Toyota & Caruso | auto connected car news\nWith talented employees on 4 continents, we have filed 50+ patents to date.\nJoin Ethernovia’s team to make a lasting impact on the future of packet processor-centric networking solutions to support the real-time sensor, Physical AI, and control data demands of software-defined autonomy across vehicles, robots and intelligent machines. 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You will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, safety, and performance of our embedded systems using Python, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing, and robust CI/CD pipelines.\nKey Responsibilities\nAutomation & Software Engineering: Design, develop, and maintain clean, scalable, and highly testable automated validation frameworks using Python. Implement Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) design patterns, multithreading, and asynchronous programming to optimize test execution.\n\nEmbedded & Network Validation: Interface Python test scripts with physical and simulated microcontrollers using HIL testing methodologies. Validate networking protocols and analyze traffic down to the frame level.\n\nAI Infrastructure Support: Assist in building and maintaining the scalable underlying infrastructure required to train, validate, and test Machine Learning (ML) models at scale.\n\nCI/CD & DevOps Integration: Own, script, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins to ensure continuous integration and automated test execution. Utilize Docker for environment containerization.\n\nCollaboration & Documentation: Work closely with development and architecture teams to define test strategies, author detailed technical documentation, and contribute to architectural design specifications.\n\nRole Requirements\n1. Programming & Software Engineering\nStrong proficiency in Python and its core libraries, with demonstrable experience in asynchronous programming, multithreading, and OOP design patterns.\n\nProven track record of writing clean, maintainable, and robust test code.\n\n2. 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