Test Automation Engineer – Hardware/Software Simulators

Blue River Technology; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 122,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue River Technology in Santa Clara, CA seeks a junior/early-career Test Automation Engineer to help build robust testing infrastructure for our systems.

You will develop hardware-software simulators and automation to configure, deploy, and test complex systems in a CI environment, collaborate on debugging across hardware–software integrations, and work on‑premises with flexible location.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, CE, EE, or related field.
• 2–5 years of relevant engineering work experience.
• Proficiency in Python and general scripting; experience in C++.
• Comfortable debugging in Windows and Linux environments.
• Familiarity with CI/CD toolchains (GitHub, Jenkins, Buildkite) and virtualization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Knowledge of communication protocols (serial, CAN, Ethernet).
• Familiarity with real-time, distributed middleware (ROS 2, RTI Connext).

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and interact hands-on with hardware and software hybrid simulators.
• Develop and maintain automation to configure, deploy, and test complex systems within a CI environment.
• Proactively design and develop new testing and simulation capabilities to meet evolving engineering needs.
• Collaborate on debugging and troubleshooting complex hardware–software integration issues across environments.
• Work on-premises to physically configure, modify, and test hardware simulators.

Skills

Python

C++

CI/CD tooling

Debugging

Scripting

Windows & Linux

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub

Jenkins

Buildkite

ROS 2

DDS

Job description

Blue River Technology in Santa Clara, CA seeks a junior/early-career Test Automation Engineer to help build robust testing infrastructure for our systems.

You will develop hardware-software simulators and automation to configure, deploy, and test complex systems in a CI environment, collaborate on debugging across hardware–software integrations, and work on‑premises with flexible location.