Senior Principal AI Test Automation Architect

Advantest; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 268,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global Bonus Program

401(k) Plan

Medical, Dental & Vision

Income Protection

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible Time Off

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Advantest America Inc. seeks a Senior Principal AI Test Automation Engineer in San Jose, CA to design and deliver reliable automation for complex engineering and production test environments.

You will lead the creation of AI-enabled workflows, scalable CI/CD pipelines, and reproducible execution environments. The role combines advanced test engineering with software architecture leadership, driving validation gates, observability, and cross-functional collaboration across hardware and software

Qualifications

• Automation for advanced test or measurement systems.
• Digital and mixed-signal test-engineering experience.
• Ownership of CI/CD systems (Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar).
• Strong Python and software-architecture skills.
• Experience with typed APIs, structured schemas, and version control.
• Ability to lead architecture decisions and solve complex problems.

Responsibilities

• Architect production-grade test automation and CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate build, validation, execution, artifact collection and release gating.
• Integrate AI-generated recommendations into controlled engineering workflows.
• Define validation and approval gates before automated actions interact with hardware.
• Build interfaces between AI systems, test software, instruments, and data services.
• Develop failure classification, diagnostics, recovery, and escalation processes.
• Create reproducible execution environments using containers and versioned configs.
• Establish observability, regression testing, and evidence-based release criteria.
• Mentor engineers and set technical standards for automation and production readiness.

Skills

Python

Software architecture

CI/CD

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

APIs / typed APIs

Job description

Advantest America Inc. seeks a Senior Principal AI Test Automation Engineer in San Jose, CA to design and deliver reliable automation for complex engineering and production test environments.

You will lead the creation of AI-enabled workflows, scalable CI/CD pipelines, and reproducible execution environments. The role combines advanced test engineering with software architecture leadership, driving validation gates, observability, and cross-functional collaboration across hardware and software