HIL/SIL Test Automation Engineer for Power & SCADA

Terabase Energy, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Stock options

Home office setup allowance

Career progression

Generous time off

Job summary

Terabase Energy, Inc. is seeking a Test Automation Engineer to develop and run automated test frameworks for SIL and HIL environments, validating power plant controller and SCADA systems.

You will build scalable validation frameworks that catch edge cases before field deployment and ensure high reliability of all shipments. You will design V&V plans, automate tests across SIL, MIL, and HIL, and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines, working with controls and systems teams to debug complex failures

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical, computer engineering, CS or related field.
• 2+ years of professional experience in software validation or test automation for hardware-focused systems.
• Expert-level Python and Bash scripting; reading knowledge of PLC/RTAC/IEC 61131-3 control logic.

Responsibilities

• Automation Framework Development: design, build, and maintain scalable automated test frameworks and scripts for power, control and SCADA systems using Python.
• Define and execute comprehensive V&V plans for site controller and SCADA systems under normal and fault conditions.
• CI/CD integration: integrate automated HIL/SIL testing into CI/CD pipelines and provide real-time feedback to development teams.
• Analyze and interpret technical specifications to author automated test suites; track gaps in system requirements.
• Execute automated test suites across SIL, MIL, and HIL setups; analyze captures and generate engineering reports.
• Root cause analysis with controls and systems teams using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and telemetry logs.

Skills

Python

Bash scripting

PLC/IEC 61131-3

Git

Jenkins/GitHub Actions

Docker

Pytest

OpenHTF

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Docker

Pytest

OpenHTF

Job description

Terabase Energy, Inc. is seeking a Test Automation Engineer to develop and run automated test frameworks for SIL and HIL environments, validating power plant controller and SCADA systems.

You will build scalable validation frameworks that catch edge cases before field deployment and ensure high reliability of all shipments. You will design V&V plans, automate tests across SIL, MIL, and HIL, and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines, working with controls and systems teams to debug complex failures