Onsite System Test Engineer — AI-Driven Hardware QA

Advancedphotonix; Blacksburg (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Luna Innovations Incorporated in Blacksburg, VA is seeking a hands-on System Test Engineer to ensure software and instruments work together before customers see them. You’ll own testing from integration through release, collaborate with developers and testers, and help lead test automation initiatives, including AI-assisted tooling.

The role is onsite at our Blacksburg office. Ideal candidates have a strong background in hardware-in-the-loop testing, script in Python, and thrive in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, physics, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience testing software that controls hardware or instruments.
• Experience writing test plans and test cases.
• Experience with test automation, including automated UI testing.
• Python or a similar scripting language.
• Comfortable on Windows and Linux.
• Clear written bug reports and test reports.

Responsibilities

• Integration testing: test interfaces between application, instrument firmware, and hardware drivers.
• System testing: write test plans, set up test stations, verify end-to-end measurements.
• Regression testing: maintain automated regression suite including UI tests.
• Performance testing: track acquisition rates, latency, resource use, stability.
• Release validation: run final release tests and document results with go/no-go recommendation.

Skills

Python scripting

Test automation

Windows & Linux

Bug & test reports

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

UI testing frameworks

Job description

Luna Innovations Incorporated in Blacksburg, VA is seeking a hands-on System Test Engineer to ensure software and instruments work together before customers see them. You’ll own testing from integration through release, collaborate with developers and testers, and help lead test automation initiatives, including AI-assisted tooling.

The role is onsite at our Blacksburg office. Ideal candidates have a strong background in hardware-in-the-loop testing, script in Python, and thrive in a