Senior Software Engineer: Architect for Test Platforms

advantestcareers; Lake Forest (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Advantest seeks a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to drive software architecture and development across SLT, Burn-In, and HPC test platforms in Lake Forest, CA. The role collaborates with testers, drivers, firmware, and data services to deliver robust, secure, and scalable software.

The ideal candidate will own architecture from design to production, using C#/.NET, Python, Blazor, and modern testing practices.

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on software engineering experience with architecture through production deployment.
• Strong expertise in C#/.NET, distributed systems, and debugging across complex platforms.
• Experience integrating software with hardware, drivers, or test systems is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and develop software for test platforms and data services.
• Lead unit/integration tests and drive test-driven development in hardware-centric environments.
• Spend ~85% of time coding, integrating, testing, and debugging across software, firmware, and hardware.

Skills

C#/.NET

Distributed systems

Multithreading

Asynchronous programming

APIs

Debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science / computer engineering / electrical engineering

Tools

Python

Blazor

xUnit

ASP.NET

PostgreSQL

Apache Pulsar

OIDC/OAuth 2.0

Job description

Advantest seeks a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to drive software architecture and development across SLT, Burn-In, and HPC test platforms in Lake Forest, CA. The role collaborates with testers, drivers, firmware, and data services to deliver robust, secure, and scalable software.

The ideal candidate will own architecture from design to production, using C#/.NET, Python, Blazor, and modern testing practices.