Role: UAT Test Engineer with Connected Car experience

Location: Irvine, CA (Hybrid)

Duration: 12+ Months

Role Summary

As a UAT Test Engineer, you will lead end-to-end User Acceptance Testing for connected car features spanning vehicle, TCU/infotainment, mobile apps, cloud services, data pipelines, and dealer/field workflows. You’ll translate business scenarios into testable acceptance criteria, orchestrate UAT cycles with stakeholders, execute and document tests, triage defects, validate fixes, and sign off readiness for pilot, phased

rollout, and general availability. You are hands-on with mobile app and API validation, comfortable in vehicle/bench environments, and adept at coordinating business users to ensure features meet real-world expectations—not just pass lab tests.

Key Responsibilities

• UAT Planning & Readiness

? Convert business requirements, epics, and UX flows into UAT scope, entry/exit criteria, and traceability (Req ? Test ? Defect).

? Define UAT test plans, data needs, environment needs,and UAT runbooks across mobile, cloud, and in-vehicle systems.

? Align with Product, Engineering, SRE/Operations, Legal/Compliance, and Dealer/Field Ops on acceptance criteria.

• Test Design & Execution

? Author end-to-end UAT scenarios (happy paths, edge cases, degraded modes, error handling) using BDD/Gherkin where helpful.

? Execute tests across iOS/Android apps, web portals, APIs (Postman), vehicle bench/TCU simulators, and on-road drive tests.

? Validate remote services (lock/unlock, start/stop, climate), live telemetry (location, status), OTA campaigns, and infotainment integrations.

? Perform API/UI/Push notification validation, latency and reliability checks, and data consistency checks (device ? cloud ? vehicle).

• Defect Triage & Sign-off

? Log, reproduce, and triage defects; prioritize withseverity/business impact; drive fix/verify cycles toclosure.

? Manage UAT status dashboards, daily standups, and go/no-go recommendations.

? Provide UAT sign-off for pilots and staged rollouts; support hypercare post-release.

• Field, Dealer & Pilot Support

? Coordinate beta/pilot users, dealer staff, and internal business testers; provide training and UAT guidance.

? Conduct field validations for network variability (urban/suburban/rural), CAN data presence, GPS performance, and carrier differences.

? Support telemetry/data validation via logs and dashboards (e.g., Splunk/Kibana/Grafana).

Required Qualifications

• 5–6+ years in QA/UAT with at least 3+ years in connected vehicle, telematics, mobile apps, or IoT platforms.

• Strong end-to-end testing experience covering mobile apps (iOS/Android), REST APIs, and cloud-backed services.

• Hands-on with Postman/Swagger, , device logs (adb, Xcode/Console), and push notification validation.

• Experience with vehicle or bench testing: basic familiarity with CAN, OBD-II, telematics control units, GPS/gnss behavior, or use of simulators for TCU/app flows.

• Proficiency with Jira + test management (e.g., TestRail)strong requirements traceability and documentation.

• Solid defect triage, reproduction, and cross-team communication skills; comfort presenting go/no-go recommendations to leadership.

• Ability to operate in ambiguous, fast-moving programs with multiple vendors and release trains.

Preferred Qualifications

• Automotive domain knowledge: remote commands, vehicle status, OTA campaign validation, infotainment integrations, charging/EV features.

• Tools exposure: Vector CANoe/CANalyzer, ETAS INCA, GPS spoofing tools, ELK, LMS, Grafana, App Center/TestFlight/Play Console.

• Handsons on SQL

• Experience coordinating dealer pilots and customer beta programs; NPS/CSAT feedback loops.

• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts, feature flags, blue-green/canary rollouts.

• Ability to support Vehicle audits