Principal Software Engineer in Test SDET

Skills

About the Role

You will set test strategy and mentor QA engineers while building scalable Python test infrastructure. You will automate end-to-end and regression testing, validate firmware and hardware-software integrations, investigate defects, and communicate quality risks across engineering stakeholders.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• 10+ years of industry experience
• 8+ years of software-development experience
• 8+ years of experience developing and testing lower-layer software stacks
• 5+ years of firmware design, implementation, and troubleshooting experience
• 3+ years of embedded architecture and IO technology experience including PCIe, GPUs, and CPUs
• Fluency in Python
• Experience with data structures and algorithms
• Ability to debug complex hardware-software issues
• Verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor QA engineers in test planning, test-case design, automation, and debugging
• Define test-coverage strategies for features and deployment scenarios
• Drive root-cause analysis and resolution workflows for test failures and escaped defects
• Design, implement, and maintain Python-based Pytest test suites
• Build end-to-end and regression test suites integrated with Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD pipelines
• Develop test infrastructure for validating workloads and ML models
• Design and execute tests for FPGAs, bootloaders, host runtime drivers, firmware, embedded architectures, and PCIe
• Validate integration across CPUs, GPUs, and AI accelerators
• Triaging and debug hardware-software issues
• Communicate test plans, quality status, and risks

Benefits

• Equity
• Bonus
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k)