Industrial QA Test Engineer (SDET) – Automation & IoT

Jobgether; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-time

Hybrid/Remote options

Industrial software projects

Test automation ownership

Collaborative engineering team

Job summary

Jobgether is seeking a QA Test Engineer (SDET) to establish automated test coverage for industrial software connectors and data integrations in the United States. You will build automation frameworks, regression suites, and device simulators, validating APIs, protocols, and upgrades across real‑time data environments.

You will collaborate with distributed teams in North America, integrate tests into GitLab CI pipelines, and own the test automation strategy in a fast-moving engineering setting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software test automation with 3+ years coding automated tests.
• Proficient in Go, Python or similar languages.
• REST API test automation experience.
• Experience with two IIoT protocols (OPC-UA, Modbus, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, DNP3, MQTT).
• Linux, Docker, and CI pipelines (GitLab CI) proficiency.
• Strong analytical and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain automated test coverage for industrial connectors via protocols such as OPC-UA, Modbus, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, DNP3.
• Develop end-to-end tests that interact with the platform through REST APIs and integrate them into GitLab pipelines for execution on every internal build.
• Design and implement device and protocol simulators to enable reliable testing without access to physical industrial equipment.
• Organize automated coverage into development and regression test suites, running regression tests on LTS builds and per schedule.
• Validate software upgrades, backward compatibility, system behavior under load, and long-duration stability via soak testing.
• Investigate test failures using pipeline logs, document findings with timestamps, and distinguish product defects from infra issues.
• Maintain test cases and execution results in Jira and Xray, ensuring test coverage can be tracked and reported by component.
• Review acceptance criteria at task start to ensure testability and quality considerations are addressed early.
• Collaborate with industrial developers and engineering teams in Canada and the United States to improve testability and reliability.

Skills

Test automation

Go

Python

REST API testing

CI/CD

Linux

Docker

Industrial protocols

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

GitLab CI

Jira

Xray

Docker

Job description

Jobgether is seeking a QA Test Engineer (SDET) to establish automated test coverage for industrial software connectors and data integrations in the United States. You will build automation frameworks, regression suites, and device simulators, validating APIs, protocols, and upgrades across real‑time data environments.

You will collaborate with distributed teams in North America, integrate tests into GitLab CI pipelines, and own the test automation strategy in a fast-moving engineering setting.