Lead Automation Android

Job Description

Test Automation Lead – Android Instrument Cluster

Company: Ultraviolette Automotive

Location: Bengaluru

Role Type: Senior Individual Contributor / Technical Lead

1. Role Overview

Ultraviolette Automotive is building a software-defined, Android-based digital instrument cluster for high‑performance electric motorcycles. The Test Automation Lead – Android Cluster will own the test automation strategy, tooling, and execution to ensure stability, performance, safety, and release confidence of the cluster software.

This role is focused on system-level Android testing on real hardware, covering UI behavior, Android framework services, vehicle signal interactions, OTA updates, and long‑run reliability.

2. Product Scope

• Android-based

Instrument Cluster (AOSP / Android Automotive)

• Cluster

UI, animations, alerts, and critical ride screens

• Android

system services and background processes

• Vehicle

signal integration (CAN, ECUs)

• OTA

updates (A/B updates, rollback, recovery)

3. Key Responsibilities

3.1 Automation Strategy & Ownership

• Define

and own the end-to-end automation strategy for the Android cluster

• Decide what must be automated vs manual based on safety, risk, and

stability

• Define

automation coverage targets and release gating criteria

• Ensure

automation is designed for embedded hardware, not emulators alone

3.2 Automation Framework Development

• Design

and maintain automation frameworks for:

• Cluster

UI screens, alerts, and transitions

• Android

system services and background components

• Boot,

suspend, resume, and reboot scenarios

• Enable hardware‑in‑the‑loop (HIL) based automation for realistic testing

3.3 Android System & Stability Testing

• Automate

validation of:

• Cold

boot and warm boot performance

• ANRs,

crashes, watchdog resets

• Memory

leaks, CPU/GPU load, and thermal limits

• Measure

and track application launch time (cold / warm start)

• Validate touch response latency and input-to-render timing

• Work

closely with Android developers to improve testability and observability

3.4 Power, Performance & Connectivity Metrics

• Define

and automate power measurement and tracking for the cluster

• Measure

current consumption across key states:

• Boot,

idle, ride, standby, sleep

• Track

performance KPIs:

• Touch

response latency

• UI

frame rate and jank

• App

launch time

• Automate

validation of connectivity performance:

• Bluetooth pairing, reconnect, latency, and stability

• Wi-Fi scan, connect, throughput, and recovery

• Network

loss and recovery scenarios

3.5 Vehicle Signal & State Validation

• Automate

cluster behavior against:

• CAN

signals and ECU inputs

• Vehicle

state transitions (ride, park, charge, fault)

• Fault

injection and degraded‑mode scenarios

• Ensure

deterministic and safe behavior for safety‑critical displays

3.6 OTA & Release Validation

• Automate

OTA validation for:

• A/B

updates and slot switching

• Interrupted

updates (power or network loss)

• Rollback

and recovery scenarios

• Validate

post‑OTA stability, data integrity, and performance

3.7 Service & Field Issue Support

• Convert

field and service issues into regression automation tests

• Enable

reproducible failure validation on benches

• Support

root‑cause analysis using logs, traces, and automation data

3.8 CI/CD & Reporting

• Integrate

automation into CI pipelines (Jenkins / GitLab CI)

• Enable

unattended test execution on hardware benches

• Publish clear, actionable reports for engineering and leadership

• Track

regressions and prevent recurrence

4. Test Tools & Automation Stack

Android UI & App Automation

• UI

Automator – Primary framework for system‑level UI and cluster screens

• Espresso – App‑level automation for system applications

• Monkey

/ MonkeyRunner – Input stress and endurance testing

Android System & Compliance

• CTS

(Compatibility Test Suite)

• VTS

(Vendor Test Suite)

• GTS

(Google Test Suite)

• Android

Test Station (ATS) for orchestrating CTS/VTS on hardware

Performance & Stability

• Perfetto

/ Systrace – System tracing and latency analysis

• Simpleperf – CPU profiling

• dumpsys (gfxinfo, meminfo, activity, power)

• logcat,

tombstones, ANR traces

Stress, Reliability & Power Testing

• Monkey

(long‑run execution)

• stress‑ng (where supported)

• Automated reboot, suspend–resume, and power‑cycle loops

OTA & Update Validation

• A/B

OTA testing tools

• adb

sideload and OTA simulation scripts

• update_engine

logs, rollback and recovery validation

Connectivity & Network Testing

• adb

network tools

• tc

(traffic control) for latency and packet loss

• iptables for network drop scenarios

• Modem AT‑command tools

CI & Orchestration

• Jenkins

/ GitLab CI

• Custom Python‑based test runners

• Automated

reporting (Allure / HTML dashboards)

5. Skills & Experience

• 7–12+

years in test automation for Android or embedded systems

• Strong

experience testing Android AOSP / Android Automotive at system level

• Excellent

coding skills in Python (mandatory)

• Working

knowledge of Java / Kotlin for Android integration

• Understanding

of vehicle signals, CAN, diagnostics, and ECU behavior

• Strong

debugging skills using logs, traces, and performance tools

• Excellent

coding skills in Python (mandatory) for automation frameworks, HIL control, and CI integration

• Hands-on

experience with: UI Automator (mandatory) for system-level UI testing , Espresso for system/app-level validation , Monkey / MonkeyRunner for stress and endurance testing

• working Knowledge of YOCTO is huge plus