Senior Hardware & Payments QA Engineer

Qu; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Qu is seeking a hands-on QA QE for the hardware lab to own end-to-end hardware certification, test payment devices, and ensure lab readiness mirrors real customer stores. You will build and run the lab, certify devices, and test payment flows on real terminals.

Collaborate with product, support, and sales to maintain a current certified-hardware list, and drive regression testing on every release. On-site in Atlanta or DC is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in QA or QE with at least 3 years hands-on with physical devices such as POS terminals, payment devices, kiosks, or retail hardware.
• Hands-on testing of card-present flows on real terminals (chip, contactless, magstripe, PIN).
• Device or OS certification experience and maintaining a certified-hardware list.
• Lab setup and troubleshooting including provisioning, peripherals, and store networking basics.
• Reads device logs to distinguish hardware vs software causes (e.g., adb logcat, Windows Event Viewer).
• Excellent written English with precise bug reports, repro steps and test evidence.
• Ability to work on-site in Atlanta or DC for regular lab work.

Responsibilities

• Set up and maintain a lab mirroring customer stores: POS terminals, payment devices, KDS, kiosks, printers, cash drawers, scanners.
• Certify new device models, firmware and OS versions per product requirements and keep the certified-hardware list current.
• Define lab requirements and collaborate on procurement with hardware owner.
• Measure startup time, responsiveness, memory use, and network performance; test payment flows and edge cases across gateways.
• Run tests for processor/EMV certifications and reproduce device and payment issues reported from stores.
• Write and maintain device test cases and automate repeatable checks within Qu's AI-assisted workflow.

Skills

QA experience

Physical devices testing

Lab setup & troubleshooting

Logs interpretation

Clear written English

On-site availability

Tools

ADB / logcat

Windows Event Viewer

Android Studio Profiler

Windows Performance Monitor

Job description

Qu is seeking a hands-on QA QE for the hardware lab to own end-to-end hardware certification, test payment devices, and ensure lab readiness mirrors real customer stores. You will build and run the lab, certify devices, and test payment flows on real terminals.

Collaborate with product, support, and sales to maintain a current certified-hardware list, and drive regression testing on every release. On-site in Atlanta or DC is required.