Senior Staff Software Test & Automation Engineer
Mainspring Energy12 days ago
Base Salary
$160k - $190k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect and maintain custom hardware test beds, reusable test automation frameworks, software tools, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Develop test plans, test cases, technical test approaches, and traceability matrices for complex hardware/software integrations.
- Lead failure analysis, debugging, diagnosis, and risk mitigation for issues found during testing.
- Drive risk-based testing strategies and comprehensive coverage of critical-path functionality.
- Collaborate with development and cross-functional engineering teams to diagnose system anomalies and evaluate new technologies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field with 16+ years of professional experience, or a master’s degree with 15+ years in an SDET, embedded test, or software engineering role.
- Proven experience leading complex automation projects from design through implementation, along with manual exploratory testing and technical test case design.
- Strong hands-on software development experience in Python and C++, including the ability to work across diverse codebases and Bash scripts.
- Experience leveraging AI coding assistants while validating and improving generated solutions for system integrity and maintainability.
- Professional experience testing and validating systems in at least three areas such as cloud computing, embedded systems, networking, IoT with RTOS, controls, MIL/SIL/PIL simulations, emulators, or complex algorithms.
- Desirable experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Jira, Xray, GitLab, or equivalent tools.
About Mainspring Energy
Mainspring Energy builds fuel-flexible linear generators that provide onsite, low-emissions electric power for utilities, data centers, and large enterprises. The privately held company, founded in 2010 and based in Menlo Park, CA, began commercial shipments in 2020 and now has hundreds of megawatts in development and field operations. It sells and deploys generator systems and partners with energy leaders such as AEP, NextEra Energy Resources, and Schneider Electric.