Sr. Software Development Engineer, Test

Lucid Motors; Newark (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Software Development Engineer in Test to join their innovative team focused on luxury electric vehicles. In this role, you will create and design automation frameworks, conduct manual and automated testing, and collaborate closely with developers and product managers. Your contributions will directly enhance product quality and accelerate delivery timelines. This company fosters a culture of innovation and sustainability, making it an exciting opportunity for those eager to make a significant impact in the electric mobility sector.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Vacation

401k

Equity Program

Annual Incentive Program

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in building test automation frameworks.
• Experience with modern programming languages like Go, Java, or Python.

Responsibilities

• Design and create automation frameworks for cloud software systems.
• Conduct manual and automated tests to ensure software quality.

Skills

Test Automation

Attention to Detail

Bug Identification

Problem-Solving

Collaboration

Education

B.S. Degree in Computer Science

Tools

CI/CD Pipelines

Automation Frameworks

Testing Tools

Job description

Leading the future in luxury electric and mobility

At Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility.

We plan to lead in this new era of luxury electric by returning to the fundamentals of great design – where every decision we make is in service of the individual and environment. Because when you are no longer bound by convention, you are free to define your own experience.

Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we’re providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you.

We are currently seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test for our IOT And Transactional Data Operations team. Our ideal candidate exhibits a can-do attitude and approaches their work with vigor and determination. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate excellence in their attention to building scalable test automation frameworks for mobile and web. Your work will directly accelerate product delivery by integrating with our CI/CD pipelines, helping teams ship high-quality software faster.

The Role:

• As an SDET, creating and designing automation frameworks that work across multiple services and platforms.
• Creating both manual and automation tests for new features and services.
• Play a key role in setting up the testing strategy and tools for testing cloud software systems and features from the ground up.
• You will participate in manual testing, to test a wide range of cloud technologies both in isolation and within the larger product ecosystem.
• The successful candidate for this role will be obsessed with finding and categorizing bugs, ensuring feature completeness and assessing reliability and performance of cloud systems.
• Building automated tests using existing tools and frameworks to expose defects in product code.
• Working directly with Software Developers, Product Managers, and Technical Program Managers to ensure proper development and quality of our applications and platforms.
• Ability to understand product requirements and develop the right strategy for automation focus for the best coverage and reliability for the time invested.
• Innovating new tools that the team could utilize.
• Ensure code reviews tend to be rapid and uneventful. Provide useful code reviews for changes submitted by others.
• Dive deep into our testing methodologies to transform manual quality processes to highly automated quality solutions.

Qualifications:

• B.S. Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
• 6+ years of test automation frameworks and tools building experience.
• 3+ years of professional software development testing experience.
• Experience in delivering test frameworks, test tools, and services.
• Experience in writing automation and automated test infrastructure.
• Experience in at least one modern programming language such as Go, Java, or Python.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong experience in API and Backend testing (Manual & Automation) of cloud technologies.
• Knowledge of overall system architecture, scalability, reliability, and performance in a database environment.
• Experienced in Agile or Scrum software development methodologies.

Salary Range: The compensation range for this position is specific to the locations listed below and is the range Lucid reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for the position taking into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including job-related knowledge; skillset; experience, education and training; certifications; and other relevant business and organizational factors.

Additional Compensation and Benefits: Lucid offers a wide range of competitive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, vacation, and 401k. The successful candidate may also be eligible to participate in Lucid’s equity program and/or a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing such programs. (Cash or equity incentive awards, if any, will depend on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and company performance.)