Senior System Validation & Test Architect

Next Phase Recruitment; Delaware; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Phase Recruitment is seeking a Senior System Test and Validation Engineer to own system-level quality for complex instruments at our Delaware, US site. You will validate end-to-end hardware, firmware, and cloud-based workflows, ensuring reliability and production readiness across the entire product stack.

The role requires 5+ years in system testing, strong Linux/embedded experience, Python scripting, and hands-on debugging across hardware and software.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in system testing, validation, or quality engineering for complex products.
• Strong experience with Linux-based systems, embedded platforms, or IoT devices.
• Skilled in test automation and scripting (Python preferred).
• Hands-on troubleshooting and root cause analysis across hardware and software.
• Comfortable working in a lab environment with physical devices.

Responsibilities

• Design and execute test strategies for Linux-based IoT and instrument platforms.
• Validate end-to-end workflows across firmware, APIs, and web UIs.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, performance, and reliability testing.
• Lead root cause analysis of complex issues involving multiple subsystems.
• Develop automated tests integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Support manufacturing and field teams with diagnostics and issue reproduction.
• Hardware-software integration testing.
• Use of diagnostic tools (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, multimeter).

Skills

5+ years in system testing

Linux-based systems

Python scripting

root cause analysis

lab environment testing

Job description

Next Phase Recruitment is seeking a Senior System Test and Validation Engineer to own system-level quality for complex instruments at our Delaware, US site. You will validate end-to-end hardware, firmware, and cloud-based workflows, ensuring reliability and production readiness across the entire product stack.

The role requires 5+ years in system testing, strong Linux/embedded experience, Python scripting, and hands-on debugging across hardware and software.