Hybrid QA Lead, AI Wearables & ML Systems

NextSense, Inc; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Hybrid work in Mountain View, CA

Collaborative work environment

Make a real impact

Job summary

NextSense, Inc. is seeking a dedicated QA professional to own quality across its multi-modal wearable EEG product.

You will lead QA for the iOS app, embedded firmware, on-device and cloud ML pipelines, and our cloud backend, creating rigorous tests and automation from day one. You will design comprehensive test plans for overnight sleep sessions, meditation, focus detection, and device connectivity while collaborating with a cross-functional team across the US and Asia.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of QA experience with hands-on mobile (iOS) testing.
• Experience with embedded firmware/hardware, ML systems, or cloud backends is required.
• Strong ability to design robust test plans and automate tests.

Responsibilities

• Own quality across the iOS app, firmware, ML pipelines, and cloud backend.
• Design and execute test plans for sleep sessions, meditation, EEG, Bluetooth, and battery life.
• Build test automation and CI integration from the ground up.
• Validate ML features (sleep staging, focus) and data correctness.
• Collaborate with engineers, UX designers, scientists across time zones.
• Oversee full QA lifecycle reporting to VP of Engineering; growth path to lead QA.

Skills

iOS testing frameworks

API testing

CI/CD pipelines

AI-assisted testing

Tools

XCTest/XCUITest

Test automation

Job description

NextSense, Inc. is seeking a dedicated QA professional to own quality across its multi-modal wearable EEG product.

You will lead QA for the iOS app, embedded firmware, on-device and cloud ML pipelines, and our cloud backend, creating rigorous tests and automation from day one. You will design comprehensive test plans for overnight sleep sessions, meditation, focus detection, and device connectivity while collaborating with a cross-functional team across the US and Asia.