Senior Software Engineer

Redbock - an NES Fircroft company; Minnesota; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Redbock - an NES Fircroft company is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer for a 12-month contract in Mounds View, MN. The role requires proven HIL design and integration experience, advanced Python automation, and a focus on systems-level testing and quality strategy.

7–10 years of experience and a bachelor’s degree in engineering are preferred. The candidate will develop and integrate HIL test solutions, build automation capabilities, and drive testability across engineering teams to verify system

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience writing software in C, Python, and Java.
• Development and execution of automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop and Integrate Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Test Solutions.
• Design, implement, and maintain HIL test environments that integrate hardware, software, simulation, and automated testing.
• Build and Maintain Advanced Automation Capabilities.
• Develop automation frameworks, test utilities, simulation tools, CI pipelines, and test scripts improving reliability and coverage.
• Drive Quality Across Engineering Teams.
• Partner with development and system teams to improve testability and ensure robust validation of system behavior, performance, and reliability.
• Designs, develops, tests, debugs and implements operating systems components, software tools, and utilities.
• Ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency.
• Generates systems software engineering policies, standards and procedures.
• May work across a variety of software lifecycle activities as determined by program needs.

Skills

HIL test bench design

HIL integration with hardware

Python automation development

Systems-level testing

Testing strategies for complex systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Job description

***W2 ONLY, C2C candidates, or Candidates with the following Visa Status will not be accepted: H1B, OPT, OPT-STEM***

Sr. Software Engineer (12 month contract // Mounds View, MN):

3 Required Skills:

• Proven, hands-on experience designing and implementing a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) test bench integrated with automated testing.
• Ability to integrate real hardware, simulators, test infrastructure, and automated test execution into a reliable end-to-end HIL environment.
• Advanced Python Automation Development
• Strong hands‑on Python development for building automation frameworks, simulation tools, and automated test suites.
• Systems‑Level Testing and Quality Strategy
• Experience defining testing strategies for complex systems.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and Integrate Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Test Solutions
• Design, implement, and maintain HIL test environments that integrate hardware, software, simulation, and automated testing to enable reliable system‑level verification.
• Build and Maintain Advanced Automation Capabilities
• Develop automation frameworks, test utilities, simulation tools, CI pipelines, and test scripts improving reliability and coverage.
• Drive Quality Across Engineering Teams
• Partner with development and system teams to improve testability and ensure robust validation of system behavior, performance, and reliability.

Education: Bachelor Degree in Engineering, ideally in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Computer Science

Target Years of Experience: 7-10 years

Duties:

• Designs, develops, tests, debugs and implements operating systems components, software tools, and utilities.
• Ensures that system improvements are successfully implemented and monitored to increase efficiency.
• Generates systems software engineering policies, standards and procedures.
• May work across a variety of software lifecycle activities as determined by program needs.

Must Haves:

• 2 years of experience writing software in C, Python, and Java
• Development and execution of automated testing

Nice to Haves:

• Medical Device experience or other regulated industry experience