• Afero is looking for an experienced engineer with a background in designing, developing, setting up and deploying test frameworks to test system firmware running on hardware platforms.
• You’ll be a key part of scaling and evolving Afero’s platform.

Requirements

10+ years of experience testing firmware running on devices (preferably consumer electronics devices) with at least 3 years of direct experience designing, setting up, and running automated testing of devices with embedded firmware
Expertise designing automated test set ups for validating complex firmware interacting with hardware
Expertise designing, developing and setting up automated tests for firmware validation
Expertise developing Python-based automation for embedded systems, and familiarity with PySerial, libusb, and python object classes for implementing low level APIs, etc
Experience testing boot loaders, and device drivers for embedded devices (RTOS and/or Linux)
Comfortable working with test frameworks of end to end testing of devices with other system components such as cloud and mobile apps
Experience designing automation labs to run validation tests, and to collect performance metrics
Demonstrated ability to influence adoption of scalable test methodologies which drive clear impact on organizational effectiveness
Strong verbal and written communication skills - you'll need to write clear and well-constructed bug reports, test cases, and documentation
Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as contributing to the success of the team - you’ll interact with the entire Engineering team, while managing and prioritizing your own tasks in a fast-paced environment
Empathy for users, an eye for usability, and ability to invent imaginative but reality-based tests is a plus
Experience with any form of test automation for IOT devices is a plus
Experience creating HIL (Hardware In the Loop) test rigs as well as specification and creation of hardware models to facilitate scalable testing is a plus
Experience creating test rigs to test wireless network functionality of embedded devices to test resiliency is a plus
The role is local to the SF Bay area, and requires in-office work 3 days per week at the company headquarters in Los Altos, CA
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.

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Hard Skills

firmware testing
automated testing
Python
embedded systems
test frameworks
boot loaders
device drivers
HIL (Hardware In the Loop)
test automation for IoT devices
performance metrics

Soft Skills

communication skills
independence
team collaboration
task prioritization
empathy for users
usability focus
imaginative testing
influence
organizational effectiveness
fast-paced environment

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