Software Test Engineer III

About the role

At Gentex, you'll help create innovative technologies that improve how people live, travel, and stay connected. Join a company driven by quality products across an evolving range of industries.

Position Overview

The Software Test Engineer III verifies software design and validates the implementation of software supplied by Gentex to ensure software meets and exceeds the customer's expectations. This role provides vision for the team to improve capability and efficiency for verifying Gentex products.

Location: This position requires on-site work at Gentex facilities. This role is not eligible for remote work.

What You'll Do

• Lead the development and execution of comprehensive software verification strategies for complex products and programs, ensuring delivered software meets functional, performance, reliability, and quality objectives.
• Define and improve test methodologies, standards, and best practices to increase verification effectiveness, efficiency, and consistency across projects.
• Architect, develop, and maintain advanced automated test solutions, verification frameworks, and supporting infrastructure.
• Evaluate and improve embedded software test toolchains, identifying opportunities to increase automation, test coverage, capability, and productivity.
• Develop and deploy new verification tools, simulators, emulators, and test utilities to address evolving product and organizational needs.
• Provide technical leadership in verification planning, test architecture, and execution strategy for multiple projects and product lines.
• Review software requirements, system architectures, and product designs to ensure testability, verification completeness, and early identification of quality risks.
• Lead complex investigations and root cause analysis activities for software and system-level issues, providing guidance on corrective actions and verification approaches.
• Influence technical decisions by communicating quality risks, verification results, trade-offs, and recommendations to engineering teams and leadership.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on product quality, test coverage, process maturity, and development efficiency.
• Author, review, and improve engineering processes, procedures, standards, and work products to support organizational objectives and process compliance.
• Serve as a technical mentor and coach to Software Test Engineers, providing guidance, feedback, and development opportunities to strengthen team capability.
• Lead or facilitate technical reviews related to software requirements, test strategies, verification results, tooling, and process improvements.
• Collaborate with Software Project Engineering and cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution of development milestones, program objectives, and product launches.
• Support Functional Safety goals, ASPICE objectives, and other applicable quality and compliance requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

How You'll Do IT

• Mentoring and Coaching - Providing timely guidance and feedback (both positive and constructive) to help others recognize strengths and development opportunities. Inviting tough conversations.
• Analytical Thinking - Tackling a problem by using a logical, systematic, and sequential approach.
• Individual Efficiency - Effectively managing time and resources so that individual work is completed efficiently.
• Attention to Detail - Ensuring information is complete and accurate; following up with others to ensure that agreements and commitments have been fulfilled.
• Building Collaborative Relationships - Developing, maintaining, and strengthening partnerships with others inside or outside the organization.
• Complying with all Company policies and procedures, safety regulations, company safety policies and safely perform all duties, including but not limited to, promoting a safe workplace.
• Maintaining a high level of honesty, integrity, and confidentiality with respect to company matters.

What to Bring

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline.
• 6+ years of engineering experience with increasing responsibility in software verification, validation, or embedded systems development.
• Experience developing automated software test solutions and verification frameworks.
• Experience with embedded software and hardware systems.
• Experience interpreting software requirements, product specifications, and customer requirements.
• Experience participating in technical reviews and cross-functional product development activities.
• Knowledge of software development, lifecycle methodologies and quality processes.
• Experience supporting ASPICE, Functional Safety, or similar process frameworks.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.