Automated Test Engineer

Eliassen Group; Annapolis (MD); Remote; USD 55,000 - 69,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits

401k with company match

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking an Automated Test Engineer for a remote contract role. You will monitor and maintain large volumes of automated tests across Python, C++, and Nix while triaging CI failures and improving test suites and observability.

The position emphasizes root-cause analysis in a complex environment with Go and TypeScript exposure. W2 consultants receive a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and 401k with company matching.

Qualifications

• Strong Python skills and ability to read/modify production or test code.
• Proficient Linux CLI and debugging skills.
• Experience with Git, merge requests, code review, and GitLab CI or similar CI system.
• Ability to interpret stack traces, test reports, and logs; diagnose multi-service systems.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, execute, and troubleshoot GitLab CI pipelines for Hivemind SDK integration examples.
• Maintain tests across multiple missions, scenarios, deployments, analyzers, and evaluators.
• Reproduce CI failures locally with consistent packages and targets.
• Triages failures into product regressions, test defects, or infrastructure issues.
• Analyze logs, reports, configurations, and runtime artifacts to identify issues.
• Produce clear defect reports with evidence and reproduction steps.
• Collaborate with teams to verify fixes across repositories and boundaries.
• Maintain SDK examples and update tests as APIs or dependencies change.
• Improve test reliability, observability, and artifact collection.
• Identify flaky tests and implement corrective actions rather than retries.
• Document test procedures, prerequisites, and troubleshooting guidance.
• Track test health and defined risks; support testing across ARM/x86 and containerized environments.

Skills

Python

Linux

GitLab CI

Debugging

Communication

Test automation

Tools

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Nix

ROS

Job description

Automated Test Engineer

Anywhere

Type: Contract

Category: Quality Assurance (QA)

Industry: Technology

Workplace Type: Remote

Standard Hours: Open

Reference ID: JN -112026-109434

Date Posted: 11/09/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/5pn4V1

Description:

Remote

Our client seeks an Automated Test Engineer to support Hivemind by monitoring and maintaining large volumes of automated tests, troubleshooting failures, and driving bug resolution across teams. The role focuses on software automation, test reliability, and root-cause analysis in a complex environment spanning Python, C++, and Nix, with additional exposure to Go and TypeScript. The engineer will triage CI failures, distinguish product defects from test or infrastructure issues, and improve test suites, observability, and artifact collection.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $40.00 to $50.00/hr. w2

JN -112026-109434

Responsibilities:

• Monitor, execute, and troubleshoot GitLab CI pipelines for Hivemind SDK integration examples.
• Maintain integration, contract, smoke, and software-in-the-loop tests across missions, scenarios, deployments, analyzers, and evaluators.
• Reproduce CI failures locally using the same packages and targets exercised in the pipeline.
• Triage failures into product regressions, test defects, dependency or lockfile issues, configuration or schema mismatches, CI runner or infrastructure failures, and intermittent or flaky behavior.
• Analyze logs, JUnit reports, configurations, runtime artifacts, MCAP or rosbag recordings, telemetry, and evaluator results.
• Produce clear defect reports with failure signatures, affected revisions, reproduction steps, evidence, suspected ownership, and next actions.
• Partner with feature and platform teams to diagnose and verify fixes across repositories and package boundaries.
• Maintain SDK examples and update tests as supported APIs or dependency contracts change.
• Improve test reliability, observability, runtime, failure messages, and artifact collection.
• Identify flaky tests and implement corrective actions rather than relying on retries.
• Add regression coverage for diagnosed defects and untested integration boundaries.
• Document test procedures, known issues, prerequisites, and troubleshooting guidance.
• Track test health, recurring failure modes, time to triage, and unresolved integration risks.
• Support testing across x86 and ARM targets and, where applicable, SIL, HIL, RIL, containerized, and Kubernetes environments.

Experience Requirements:

• Professional experience in software testing, software integration, CI/CD, or software development.
• Strong Python skills with experience reading and modifying production or test code.
• Strong Linux command-line and debugging skills.
• Experience with Git, merge requests, code review, and GitLab CI or a comparable CI system.
• Ability to interpret stack traces, test reports, application logs, and build-system output.
• Experience diagnosing failures in multi-service or multi-repository systems.
• Understanding of unit, integration, regression, and end-to-end testing practices.
• Ability to isolate problems, create minimal reproductions, and communicate findings clearly.
• Strong written communication focused on technical evidence and reproducibility.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and follow issues through verification and closure.
• Preferred: Experience with Nix, reproducible build systems, or dependency lockfiles.
• Preferred: Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized CI runners.
• Preferred: Familiarity with C++, ROS, MCAP, or rosbag data.
• Preferred: Experience with simulation, robotics, autonomy, avionics, or distributed real-time systems.
• Preferred: Familiarity with SIL or HIL testing.
• Preferred: Experience debugging networking, serialization, schema, and configuration compatibility issues.
• Preferred: Experience testing across x86 and ARM architectures.
• Preferred: Familiarity with test telemetry, metrics, analyzers, and fail-closed acceptance criteria.
• Preferred: Experience improving flaky-test detection, CI observability, and automated artifact collection.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Aff