Firmware QA Engineer (SDET) for Mechatronics & Robotics

eTeam; Beaverton (OR); Hybrid; USD 78,523 - 89,544; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

eTeam seeks a Firmware Quality Engineer (SDET) to build automated validation for firmware, controls, and connected services. You will create test infrastructures, tooling, and validation frameworks to accelerate releases while ensuring reliability and performance.

The ideal candidate is a builder who writes code, automates repetitive work, and develops scalable test systems. You will collaborate across embedded systems, electrical engineering, mobile apps, and cloud services to ensure quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, experience, or training.
• 5+ years of experience as an SDET, firmware quality engineer, embedded software engineer, or related role.
• Strong programming skills in Python and experience developing production-quality automation tooling.
• Experience building automated test frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and validation infrastructure.
• Experience validating embedded systems, robotics, mechatronics, wearables, or connected devices.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated validation frameworks for firmware, controls, and connected services.
• Develop test infrastructure, tooling, and pipelines that improve release confidence and engineering velocity.
• Design and implement Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and system-level automated test environments.
• Create automated regression suites for embedded systems and hardware-software interactions.
• Develop internal tools that improve testing efficiency, diagnostics, observability, and engineering productivity.
• Investigate complex system failures using logs, telemetry, source code, and hardware debugging techniques.
• Perform root cause analysis and work cross-functionally to drive issues through resolution.
• Partner with firmware and controls engineers to improve testability, reliability, and quality throughout development.
• Define release readiness criteria, quality gates, and validation processes that support frequent firmware releases.
• Create clear validation documentation, test plans, quality metrics, and reporting mechanisms.
• Establish scalable quality processes capable of supporting future product generations.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate automation, debugging, analysis, and engineering workflows.

Skills

QA pipelines

Firmware automation

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

MATLAB

CAN tools

Embedded diagnostics

Hardware debugging

Job description

eTeam seeks a Firmware Quality Engineer (SDET) to build automated validation for firmware, controls, and connected services. You will create test infrastructures, tooling, and validation frameworks to accelerate releases while ensuring reliability and performance.

The ideal candidate is a builder who writes code, automates repetitive work, and develops scalable test systems. You will collaborate across embedded systems, electrical engineering, mobile apps, and cloud services to ensure quality