Staff Software Test and Automation Engineer
Mainspring Energy3 months ago
Base Salary
$140k - $165k/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 efforts for testing issues and environmental reliability.
- 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 10+ years of professional experience, or a Master’s degree with 9+ years in an SDET, embedded test, or software engineering role.
- Demonstrated leadership of complex automation projects from design through implementation, along with deep-dive manual exploratory testing and technical test-case design.
- Strong hands-on software development experience with Python and C++, including the ability to debug and contribute to diverse codebases with Bash scripting.
- Experience leveraging AI coding assistants while validating and improving generated solutions for system integrity and maintainability.
- Professional testing and validation experience in at least three of 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.
Tech Stack
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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.