Embedded IoT Test Automation Engineer (Python)

Vivint; Lehi (UT); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free daily lunch and drinks on site.

Paid holidays and flexible paid time  

Employee/Friends/Family Discounts.

Onsite health clinic, gym, gaming tabs

Medical/dental/vision/life coverage &

401(k) + Employer Match.

Job summary

Vivint is seeking a skilled automation engineer to design, develop, and maintain Python-based automated tests for APIs, UI, and embedded panels and devices. You will review manual tests for automation candidates and debug flaky failures in a fast-paced, hardware‑involved environment.

You will collaborate with software, hardware, and QA teams, participate in code reviews, and help advance CI/CD pipelines using GitLab.

Qualifications

• 3+ years embedded test automation experience.
• 3+ years Python experience.
• Strong problem solving and analytical abilities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in cross-functional teams.
• Experience leveraging AI tools for software design, development, and review; strong prompt engineering skills.
• Solid understanding of embedded/IoT systems and device communication fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with Linux-based systems, including debugging and system-level troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with Git, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab) for automated testing and deployment.
• Ability to troubleshoot hardware-software integration challenges in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Python automated tests for API, UI, and system level scenarios for panels and peripheral devices.
• Review manual test cases and identify candidates for automation.
• Debug test failures and proactively reduce flaky tests.
• Participate in code reviews and follow automation best practices.
• Collaborate with developers, hardware, and manual quality engineers on integration and troubleshooting.
• Develop and maintain automated unit and functional tests.

Skills

Embedded test-automation

Python

AI tooling

Cross-functional

Linux debugging

GitLab CI

Docker

Prompts engineering

Tools

Git

Docker

GitLab

Linux

Job description

Vivint is seeking a skilled automation engineer to design, develop, and maintain Python-based automated tests for APIs, UI, and embedded panels and devices. You will review manual tests for automation candidates and debug flaky failures in a fast-paced, hardware‑involved environment.

You will collaborate with software, hardware, and QA teams, participate in code reviews, and help advance CI/CD pipelines using GitLab.