What are the responsibilities and job description for the Edge Firmware Test Automation position at American Unit, Inc?
Edge Firmware Test Automation/SDET x2
Apex, NC - Hybrid
12 months with the potential to extend
Job Description
Reason for need: Building a full stack team for a large initiative until mid-2026
Project Details: Working in a full stack scrum team on a large initiative around their automation platform, technical debt, faster technical movement, etc. for pool & spa products and software
Must-Have Skills:
- 10 years’ experience in firmware development/unit testing of Linux-based embedded devices, preferably ARM 32/64-bit architecture.
- 5 years’ experience in unit test case/framework development for IoT devices and edge for connectivity with a cloud backend using C or Python 3.0 for arm target platforms
- Experience developing functional definitions to test features and capabilities, from device to cloud/app
- Experience with cybersecurity best practices related to Linux/C based development libraries
- 7 years of experience in coding, testing, and debugging in C Linux, preferably with ARM devices
- Familiarity with Embedded systems multitasking patterns, IPC mechanisms like shared memory, pipes and sockets, semaphores, multithreading, and synchronization in a C Linux environment
Nice to Have Skills:
- Experience with Embedded UI in embedded C, and C and familiarity with UI frameworks like Qt, GTK, LVGL, Storyboard, and developing automation scripts to test Embedded UI
Day-to-day responsibilities:
- Own edge device firmware unit test automation framework and test script development to holistically test firmware, applications, and interfaces running on edge device
- Technical responsibility for a holistic review of feature set and code architecture with translation to test automation enhancement and baselining of test cases to optimize test automation code coverage and accuracy to ensure firmware and software quality assurance
- Develop technical unit test requirements and design documents for firmware validation
- Partner globally with firmware developers and other QA resources to ensure industry best practices in design, security, testability, and support
- Develop automated execution and reporting within the CI/CD pipeline to enable seamless handoff to global software quality assurance teams
