R&D Test & validation Student

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO2 emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Mission

Our mission is to be the World Leader for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) within the automotive industry by developing innovative systems, and providing situational awareness solutions using cutting edge technology.

Your mission as a Test & Validation Engineering Student is to:

• Support the project team deliverables.
• Ensure system validation coverage of functional and performance requirements.
• Support on-time delivery of system validation targets through the project life cycle.

Overview

Join on-going OEM development projects for Automotive Vision Systems and groundbreaking ADAS technologies. Contribute to the challenge of developing, testing and validating the capabilities of the next generation of automotive autonomous driving technology.

Responsibilities

The Test & Validation Engineering Student will have the following responsibilities in the project team:

• Review of system requirements and architecture design to assess testability and plan test coverage, in collaboration with System Engineers and Function Owners.
• Contribute to the specification of test environment requirements for Bench, HIL environments, in collaboration with Test Tool Developers.
• Design test specifications fulfilling system functional and performance requirements and standards.
• Develop test methods for the system level testing of automotive camera systems, mechatronic ECU systems, automotive software features or end-user functions.
• Plan and execute system testing aligned with the project schedule.
• Support trace analysis and troubleshooting to determine root cause of issues and validation of fixes.

The Test & Validation Engineering Student has the individual responsibility to ensure:

• Comprehensive coverage and depth of system testing against system level requirements and standards.
• Traceability of system test specification to system requirements throughout the project development.
• Test capability and readiness for the phase of system development and planned system maturity.
• Maintenance of the test environment as required to fulfil the testing needs.
• Implement test automation capability following platform standards and project automation targets.
• Implement stress and robustness testing of the system and features.
• Execute testing of planned features in bench and vehicle environments.
• Monitor the progression of planned testing and prove status of test completion and deviations.
• Report on detected defects and overall execution status and report for assigned features.
• Maintaining test results, test logs, test reports and review process throughout the project lifecycle.

Required Skills / Experience

• Knowledge of Electronic Systems, Mechatronic Systems, or Programming Languages from engineering studies, with demonstrable examples from coursework projects or relevant experience.
• Programming skills in either; C++, C, C#, Python, .NET or NI LabVIEW & NI TestStand.
• Awareness of Systems Development Life Cycle
• Awareness of Automotive Systems.
• Ability to work from technical specifications for testing.
• Ability to identify and accurately communicate system issues.
• Contribution to reports and presentations.
• Develop and maintain good professional working relationships, within the test team and other internal departments.

Desired Attributes

• Ability to work autonomously.
• Mindset of continuous improvement and self motivation.
• Strong analytical and technical documentation skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Fluent English.
• Confident, articulate, self motivated, determined, energetic.

Job: R&D Trainee/Apprentice/VIE

Organization: Test & Validation

Schedule: Full time

Employee Status: Trainee (Fixed Term) (Trainee)

Job Type: Trainee / Internship

Job Posting Date: 2025-09-05

Join Us !

Being part of our team, you will join:

• one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
• a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
• more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth
• a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com