Senior Software Engineer, Arene Applied Engineering

Woven Planet

. Design, develop, and maintain reusable V&V frameworks, tools, and test infrastructure (primarily in Python and C++), enabling consistent verification and validation across Arene products and environments.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeAnn Arbor • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JenkinsPythonRust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop, and maintain reusable V&V frameworks, tools, and test infrastructure (primarily in Python and C++), enabling consistent verification and validation across Arene products and environments.
Translate product and system requirements into test strategies, test plans, and detailed test cases spanning unit, integration, system, and qualification levels, aligned with Arene V&V and test practices.
Lead the design, rehearsal, execution, and reporting of V&V campaigns for North America–led products and features, ensuring coverage of critical paths and regression risks.
Ensure requirements–test–results traceability in JAMA and related tools, and maintain audit-ready V&V evidence in accordance with Arene standards and QMS expectations.
Build and improve CI/CD pipelines and automated quality gates (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins) that run V&V suites, enforce coverage and quality thresholds, and gate releases based on V&V outcomes.
Collaborate closely with Vehicle Platform, VSDK, DevKit, tools, and other Arene teams to select appropriate test environments (simulation, emulation, HIL, on-vehicle) and to debug complex failures across software and hardware boundaries.
Write clear, structured V&V documentation, including test plans, test specifications, test reports, and contribution to team practices and SOPs.
Mentor engineers on testability, V&V best practices, and CI-driven quality, helping teams shift testing left and build reliable, testable features from the start.
Mentor other engineers on code best practices, architecture, and development.
Thrive in a fast-paced, hands-on environment working closely with operating systems, compute hardware, sensors, and vehicles, while coordinating with global stakeholders across Arene.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
5+ years of professional experience in software development and/or verification & validation, with a strong track record in test automation and CI-driven quality.
Proficiency in Python for test automation; experience with C++ for low-level or performance-critical testing. Rust experience is a plus.
Hands-on experience designing and executing tests in simulated, emulated, and hardware environments, including debugging failures across multiple components and services.
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins) that run tests and enforce quality gates as part of release workflows.
Strong understanding of integration, system, and qualification testing, coverage, and defect triage, ideally in a multi-service or platform context.
Ability to operate autonomously across multiple teams, manage ambiguity, and drive alignment on V&V scope and acceptance criteria with stakeholders in Product, Systems Engineering, and Development.
Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to write clear documentation and present test strategies and results to technical and non-technical audiences.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Excellent health, wellness, dental and vision coverage
A rewarding 401k program
Flexible vacation policy
Family planning and care benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonC++Rusttest automationCI/CDintegration testingsystem testingqualification testingdebuggingtest strategy

Soft Skills

problem-solvingcommunicationmentoringcollaborationautonomyadaptabilityleadershiporganizational skillsdocumentationstakeholder management

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in EngineeringBachelor's degree in Computer Science