Staff Functional QA Engineer

What we need 

We are hiring a Staff Software QA Engineer focused on integration and functional validation from early design through release. In this role, “embedded” means working directly with the software engineering teams that tie together real-time orchestration, robotics, on-prem and edge components, and customer-facing experiences—end-to-end behavior where hardware, services, and timing meet. You will help the team sharpen workflows, strategy, and measurable release criteria, such as broader automated coverage, shorter feedback loops, and clearer evidence for ship decisions. If you thrive on ownership and cross-functional partnership, you will fit our culture. 

What we do 

We validate integrated workflows and functional behavior across varied test setups. We reproduce real-world conditions, detect defects across system layers, and enhance quality of cross-team deliverables. Our work ties technical rigor to fewer surprises and faster confidence at release. 

What you'll do 

• Lead test planning, scope, risk assessment, and results reporting. 

• Design and execute testing for integration, functional workflows, and regression. 

• Test in simulation, virtualization, and integrated software stack environments. 

• Triage and identify issues across software, services, APIs, and test infrastructure. 

• Validate contracts, data flow, and system behavior under load for latency and resiliency. 

• Partner with engineering, automation, and product teams to own release quality. 

• Mentor peers, improve playbooks, and evolve strategy, tooling, and team capabilities.

• Influence improvements of test architecture and release readiness across teams. 

• Contribute to deeper automation and system-level quality collaboration efforts. 

What you'll need 

Required qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, related field, or equivalent practical experience. 

• Minimum of five years in software QA, systems validation, or integration testing. 

• Hands-on experience with integration and functional testing in distributed systems.

• Proficiency with testing and debugging APIs, messaging, or asynchronous architecture. 

• Testing experience in simulation, emulation, or hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) contexts.

• Scripting to automate validation or extend coverage (e.g., C#, Python, Bash). 

• Demonstrated collaboration and learning agility in rapid technical environments. 

Preferred qualifications 

• Familiarity with test automation frameworks (tool-agnostic) and CI integration. 

• Experience with playbooks and microservices (e.g., Linux, Ansible, Kubernetes, etc.). 

• Exposure to cloud-based architecture and testing practices in hybrid systems. 

• Knowledge of data processing and persistence (e.g., Kafka, SQL, RabbitMQ, etc.).

• Background in mentoring or driving process and test best practices across teams.

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