Telematics and Navigation Validation Specialist

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About the role

We are seeking a Smart Device Integration (SDI), Telematics & Navigation Test Engineer to join our dynamic global team working on cutting-edge infotainment, telematics, and navigation systems. This role is more than validation, it’s about bridging smartphones, vehicles, and cloud platforms seamlessly while collaborating daily with on-site teams in Europe. You’ll be an integral part of one unified global engineering unit, contributing to the future of connected mobility within a culture built on trust, curiosity, and teamwork. As part of our project team, you will help shape the technologies of the future for leading automotive OEMs.

How you’ll make an impact

• Validate Smart Device Integration (SDI) features including Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and connected telematics services.
• Perform end-to-end testing across infotainment, navigation, and telematics domains — ensuring smooth connectivity, GPS precision, and data consistency between smartphones, ECUs, and backend systems.
• Reproducing and analysing complex error patterns and creating tickets for them.
• Validate navigation and map features such as route calculation, live traffic, dynamic rerouting, and GPS accuracy across multiple devices and OS versions.
• Test native navigation systems alongside projected apps like Google Maps, Apple Maps, and Waze.
• Analyse logs, CAN traces, and communication packets using tools such as CANoe, Wireshark, ADB, and diagnostic toolsets.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and architects in Europe to reproduce issues, perform root cause analysis, and validate fixes.
• Maintain high-quality documentation, ensuring all results and defects are traceable in tools like JIRA or Polarion.
• Contribute to continuous improvement in test automation, data analytics, and efficiency and drive innovation across teams.

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