System Test Engineer II — AI-Driven Hardware QA

Luna Innovations Incorporated; Blacksburg (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Luna Innovations Incorporated is seeking a System Test Engineer to join our Blacksburg, VA team. You will own testing from integration through release, working closely with developers and testers across product lines, and help lead our investment in test automation, including AI-assisted tools.

The role is based onsite in Blacksburg, VA. In the first year, you will ensure QA coverage across customer-facing products, deliver fast feedback on builds, maintain an automated regression suite, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, physics, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 3 years of experience testing software, ideally software that controls hardware or instruments; Engineer II candidates typically bring 3 to 5 years, and Senior candidates 5 or more.
• Experience writing test plans and test cases.
• Experience with test automation, including automated UI testing.
• Scripting skills in Python or a similar language.
• Comfortable on both Windows and Linux.
• Clear written communication, including bug reports, test reports, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Integration testing: test the interfaces between the application, instrument firmware, and hardware drivers.
• System testing: write test plans and test cases, set up test stations with real instruments and optics, and verify measurements end to end.
• Smoke testing and bug-fix verification: check each new build for stability, and confirm fixes without breaking related features.
• Regression testing: build and maintain an automated regression suite, including UI tests, and run it on every release candidate.
• Performance testing: track acquisition rates, latency, resource use, and long-duration stability from release to release.
• Release validation: run final release testing, document tests and results, and provide a go/no-go recommendation.

Skills

Test planning

Test automation

Python scripting

Windows

Linux

Written communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer/ Electrical Engineering, CS, or Physics

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

Luna Innovations Incorporated is seeking a System Test Engineer to join our Blacksburg, VA team. You will own testing from integration through release, working closely with developers and testers across product lines, and help lead our investment in test automation, including AI-assisted tools.

The role is based onsite in Blacksburg, VA. In the first year, you will ensure QA coverage across customer-facing products, deliver fast feedback on builds, maintain an automated regression suite, and