Embedded Software Test Engineer

Canaan Inc.; Penang; Hybrid; MYR 450,000 - 613,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Canaan hardware

Mentorship

Flexible hours

Remote options

Training support

Job summary

Canaan Inc. in the US (SF Bay Area hybrid) is seeking an Embedded Software QA Engineer to own quality for the mining machine software stack, validating BSP and firmware, and building automation that keeps a large deployed fleet reliable.

You will define test strategy and release gates for RISC-V SoCs, validate U-Boot and Linux kernel, test long‑connection, high‑concurrency links to remote centers, and build HIL benches tied to CI/CD.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS, Electronics, Automation, or related field.
• 3+ years embedded software QA / test engineering, including at least one product cycle to mass production.
• Familiarity with RISC-V or ARM Cortex platforms and Linux/U-Boot from a validation perspective.
• Proven experience building automated test frameworks and HIL benches.
• Hands-on validating UART/SPI/I2C, NAND/NOR Flash, Ethernet, WiFi/BLE.
• Strong TCP/IP, MQTT, HTTP knowledge; experience testing long-connection, high-concurrency communication.
• Proficiency in Python/Shell; able to read C/C++.
• Experience with CI/CD for embedded testing.

Responsibilities

• Own the test strategy, coverage goals, and release quality gates for mining machine software on RISC-V SoCs
• Validate BSP, U-Boot, and Linux kernel releases — boot integrity, recovery, and reliability across hardware revisions
• Test long-connection communication with remote computing centers under high concurrency, packet loss, latency, and reconnect scenarios
• Verify control, power regulation, and safety logic via fault injection and edge-condition testing
• Run sustained load, soak, and stress tests for hash rate, power efficiency, thermal, and memory footprint
• Build automated test frameworks and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) benches; integrate them into CI/CD with clear pass/fail gating
• Validate secure boot, device authentication, and communication encryption
• Reproduce, triage, and drive defects to root cause; support mass-production and field-return quality

Skills

Embedded QA

Test automation

Python

Shell

CI/CD

C/C++ reading

Linux validation

UART/SPI/I2C validation

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/EE/Automation

Tools

HIL benches

RISC-V knowledge

U-Boot validation

Job description

About the Role

We're looking for an Embedded Software QA Engineer to own quality for the mining machine software stack — validating BSP and firmware, testing the communication layer between mining machines and remote computing centers, and building the automation that keeps a large deployed fleet reliable. Location: US Hybrid San Francisco Bay Area preferred

Responsibilities

• Own the test strategy, coverage goals, and release quality gates for mining machine software on RISC-V SoCs


• Validate BSP, U-Boot, and Linux kernel releases — boot integrity, recovery, and reliability across hardware revisions


• Test long-connection communication with remote computing centers under high concurrency, packet loss, latency, and reconnect scenarios


• Verify control, power regulation, and safety logic via fault injection and edge-condition testing


• Run sustained load, soak, and stress tests for hash rate, power efficiency, thermal, and memory footprint


• Build automated test frameworks and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) benches; integrate them into CI/CD with clear pass/fail gating


• Validate secure boot, device authentication, and communication encryption


• Reproduce, triage, and drive defects to root cause; support mass-production and field-return quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or above in CS, Electronics, Automation, or related field


• 3+ years embedded software QA / test engineering, including at least one product cycle to mass production


• Familiarity with RISC-V or ARM Cortex platforms and Linux/U-Boot from a validation perspective


• Proven experience building automated test frameworks and HIL benches


• Hands-on validating UART/SPI/I2C, NAND/NOR Flash, Ethernet, WiFi/BLE


• Strong TCP/IP, MQTT, HTTP knowledge; experience testing long-connection, high-concurrency communication


• Proficiency in Python/Shell; able to read C/C++


• Experience with CI/CD for embedded testing

Nice to Have

• Bitcoin miner or HPC chip validation experience


• Fault injection, fuzzing, or protocol conformance testing


• Yocto / OpenEmbedded

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and equity


• world-leading Bitcoin mining hardware powered by Canaan RISC-V chips


• collaborative team with mentorship


• flexible hours and remote options


• conference and training support