Job
- Level
- Lead
- Job Field
- IT, DevOps, Test/QA
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Ettlingen
- Working Model
- Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you will lead the development of automated test infrastructure, implement CI/CD pipelines, and integrate hardware resources while building a team and defining technical strategies.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- Lead and grow the team building the test infrastructure (hiring, mentoring, performance management, career development, team processes).
- Define technical strategy and architecture for the end-to-end automation platform (unit/module/system testing, HIL/lab automation, data/analytics, release gating).
- Hands-on delivery of critical parts of the stack: pipeline implementation, core automation services, test orchestration, and integration of lab hardware.
- Build and maintain a CI/CD pipeline that provisions devices, configures network topologies, deploys firmware/software, executes tests, captures artifacts, and enforces quality gates.
- Integrate software-controlled topology generation using L1 switches/relay matrices; create repeatable topology definitions and switching sequences.
- Establish automated functional characterization and objective pass/fail criteria (performance, latency, robustness, interoperability, regression).
- Implement results analytics and reporting (trend detection, flaky-test handling, root-cause workflows, traceability).
- Ensure lab reliability and scalability: hardware health checks, remote power/cycling, environmental monitoring, resource scheduling, and reproducibility.
- Partner with firmware/software, hardware, validation, and DevOps to align roadmaps, manage dependencies, and deliver milestones.
- Drive engineering excellence: coding standards, code reviews, documentation, security of lab infrastructure, and maintainability.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Demonstrated success in building automated test platforms that combine software pipelines with physical lab/HIL resources.
- Strong hands-on ability in Python (preferred) and automation frameworks (e.g., pytest, Robot Framework), plus solid software engineering practices.
- Deep familiarity with CI/CD and pipeline-as-code (e.g., Jenkins/GitLab CI/Azure DevOps), artifact management, and release gating.
- Strong understanding of Ethernet switching/network testing (VLAN/QoS basics; TSN/PTP awareness is a plus) and traffic generation/analysis.
- Proficient with Linux, networking tools, debugging, and test reliability engineering (flakiness reduction, determinism, reproducibility).
- Automotive process and compliance exposure: ASPICE, ISO 26262 awareness, traceability and audit-ready test evidence.
- Data/observability stack for test results: ELK/Grafana/Prometheus; result databases (SQL/NoSQL).
- Containerization (Docker) and scalable runners; Kubernetes optional.
- TSN/802.1AS/PTP characterization, determinism/latency benchmarking.
- Balances strategic direction with hands-on execution—comfortable writing code, debugging lab failures, and reviewing architecture.
- Strong stakeholder management: clear prioritization, risk management, and communication from engineering details to program-level status.
- Builds a culture of ownership, quality, and continuous improvement across software and lab operations.
- Fluent English skills and German as a plus.
Experience
- 15+ years in test automation/CI, embedded systems, or networking product development, including 3+ years leading engineers (people management + delivery ownership).
- Experience integrating test equipment (e.g., Ixia/Spirent/TRex) and lab control (PDU/relay control, serial consoles, REST/SSH control planes).
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What we offer
- Permanent, full-time position.
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Benefits
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Infineon Technologies AG
Our creativity and dedication increase the value for our customers, employees, and investors. We understand how semiconductors improve the performance of modern technology and enable solutions that shape our current and future lives. Every single product we develop and manufacture is done with passion and precision, evidence of our determination to succeed. This makes us a trustworthy partner and helps our customers become even more successful.
Description
- Language
- English
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Industry, Production, Electronics, Automatization
Lead Principal Engineer Automated Test Infrastructure
- Location
- Ettlingen
- Working Model
- Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
