Lead Embedded Test Engineer: Firmware, Automation & HIL

Jobtailor; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Austin, TX seeks a hands-on technical lead for embedded firmware and software testing. You will own cross-functional communications, design comprehensive test strategies, and drive automation to improve coverage and repeatability.

The role requires senior-level expertise in embedded systems, RTOS, and test frameworks, with leadership experience delivering complex firmware projects. Collaboration with hardware and system teams is essential.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering with 8+ years experience or MS with 6+ years.
• Strong knowledge of embedded systems, firmware, and RTOS.
• Experience with MCU and DSP cores and supporting software stacks.
• Proven leadership delivering embedded software/firmware projects.
• Proficiency in Python, shell, C, and C++.
• Hands-on in reusable embedded test frameworks, utilities, and HIL testing.
• Ability to design and execute test strategies and derive traceable test cases.
• Experience automating functional, regression, integration, and system tests for embedded hardware/firmware.

Responsibilities

• Serve as hands-on technical lead for testing embedded firmware and software products.
• Provide technical expertise across all aspects of embedded firmware testing throughout the product cycle.
• Own communications with cross-functional teams and represent the team in technical discussions.
• Design comprehensive test strategies including black-box, white-box, stress, long-duration, integration, and system testing.
• Develop automation plans to increase test efficiency, coverage, and repeatability.
• Implement tests during pre- and post-silicon development.
• Find, triage, and debug issues with embedded software, firmware, hardware, and systems teams.
• Present test results, coverage, risks, and defects to product owners and developers.
• Build robust and scalable test methodologies for embedded systems.

Skills

Embedded systems knowledge

Embedded firmware testing

Test automation development

Leadership in embedded projects

Python

C

C++

RTOS

Debugging embedded systems

Hardware-in-the-Loop testing

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering

Tools

Python

Shell

C

C++

Hardware-in-the-Loop tooling

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Job description

Jobtailor in Austin, TX seeks a hands-on technical lead for embedded firmware and software testing. You will own cross-functional communications, design comprehensive test strategies, and drive automation to improve coverage and repeatability.

The role requires senior-level expertise in embedded systems, RTOS, and test frameworks, with leadership experience delivering complex firmware projects. Collaboration with hardware and system teams is essential.