SDET: SIL/HIL Testing & CI Lead + Equity

Frontdoor Defense; Foster City (CA); Hybrid; USD 161,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Zoox Stock Appreciation Rights

Amazon RSUs

Paid time off

Job summary

Zoox is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test to build high-fidelity SIL/HIL test frameworks and CI pipelines for safe releases in Foster City, CA. You will own automated testing pipelines, analyze complex failures, and guide test methodologies for safety-critical monitors such as collision detection systems.

You will work on designing end-to-end validation, log mining, and visualization dashboards while coordinating with the Release Management team to ensure robust software quality

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechatronics, CS, Data Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience with ownership of complex projects.
• Strong technical communication to summarize test failures and provide impact assessments.
• Experience delivering complex Python projects including tooling and automated test writing.
• Deep understanding of HIL and SIL methodologies, including real-time fault injection.
• Ownership of automated testing pipelines (e.g., Bamboo, Jenkins) and custom plugins.
• Practical knowledge of Linux internals and networking in high-throughput real-time systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain large-scale event-driven SIL/HIL tests and testing frameworks.
• Architect and manage end-to-end CI pipelines to automate regression suites.
• Lead root cause analysis with log mining scripts and dashboards (Grafana, SQL notebooks).
• Perform gap analyses between safety requirements and test implementations for monitors.

Skills

Python

Test automation

Technical communication

SIL/HIL testing

Linux networking

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechatronics/CS/EE

Tools

Bamboo

Jenkins

Grafana

SQL notebooks

Automation plugins

Job description

Zoox is seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test to build high-fidelity SIL/HIL test frameworks and CI pipelines for safe releases in Foster City, CA. You will own automated testing pipelines, analyze complex failures, and guide test methodologies for safety-critical monitors such as collision detection systems.

You will work on designing end-to-end validation, log mining, and visualization dashboards while coordinating with the Release Management team to ensure robust software quality