QA Architect, Principal Engineer

About Us:

42dot is a mobility AI company committed to solving mobility challenges with software and AI. As the Global Software Center of Hyundai Motor Group, 42dot pioneers the future of mobility by advancing the development of software-defined vehicles.

We develop safety-first, user-centric software-defined vehicle technologies that deliver the latest performance through continuous updates like smartphones. By advancing software and AI technology, 42dot envisions a world where everything is connected and moves autonomously through a self-managing urban transportation operating system.

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled QA Architect to join our Silicon Valley office. In this role, you will architect and drive the end-to-end quality assurance framework for our autonomous mobility solutions, spanning from embedded platforms to backend cloud services. You will be responsible for defining scalable and automated testing strategies that ensure the robustness, safety, and performance of complex vehicle systems.
This role requires strong systems thinking, deep technical expertise, and the ability to collaborate cross-functionally across global teams.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement scalable QA strategies and test infrastructures across embedded, vehicle, and cloud domains

• Define quality architecture for integration testing, validation workflows, and automation pipelines (CI/CD)

• Develop system-level validation strategies using SIL, HIL, and vehicle-based testing frameworks

• Create automated test cases and frameworks to validate functional, regression, and stress test scenarios

• Ensure traceability of requirements through comprehensive test coverage and results tracking

• Collaborate with development teams across global sites (including HQ in Seoul) to embed quality into every stage of the product lifecycle

• Analyze system logs and test results to drive debugging, root-cause analysis, and continuous quality improvement

• Drive adoption of testing best practices, tools, and KPIs to ensure release readiness

Base Salary: $225,000-350,000