Career Area:
Engineering

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Role Definition

Leads the design, development, and validation of the safety critical software automation framework. Drives automation strategy across software-in-the-loop (SIL) validation and collaborates with development, validation, and systems engineering teams to ensure internal quality standards and customer reliability targets are achieved.

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Responsibilities:
Lead the design and continuous improvement of the safety Automation Framework, including SIL test infrastructure, CANoe-based signal simulation, radar object injection, and camera PCAP simulation.





Define and own the automation test strategy, including test selection, coverage mapping to requirements, and integration with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, CMake, SonarQube).

Author and review architecture specifications, design documents, verification plans, test cases, operating procedures, and safety documentation.

Mentor engineers on automation best practices, structured test design, and validation workflows.

Report test results, defect trends, and automation coverage metrics to engineering leadership and program stakeholders.

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Degree Requirement

Degree required

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Skill Descriptors

Industry Knowledge

Level — Working Knowledge:
Understands safety requirements, regulatory standards, and validation practices for collision avoidance systems.

Applies knowledge of field conditions (mining environments, machine dynamics) to design realistic test scenarios.

Participates in cross-functio

📌 Automation Lead (Bengaluru)
🏢 Caterpillar
📍 Bengaluru