Quality Engineer (SDET)

Job Title: Quality Engineer (SDET)
Location: Beaverton, OR
Duration: 12 months
Hybrid: Mon Thurs onsite, Fri remote

Job Description:

Location and/or time zone: PHK

Reason for opening: Special Project

Expected contract length: 12 months from start date

Team details & who they will work with: Ampliphy - exoskeleton for footwear, needs someone to help run testing with the devices, start up team atmosphere.

Top must-have skills include the following:

Has built out pipelines for QA

Experience with automation of firmware, robotics and mechatronics (electronics that move) products, connected products like 3D printers, drones, or wearables

Nice to Have Skills:

Hardware system testing

Can triage and find issues, measure quality metrics, help developing score metrics, can add qualitative insight to quantitative results, can help provide insight to how it can improve

Who We're Looking For

We're seeking a Firmware Quality Engineer (SDET) to build the quality infrastructure behind a unique hardware product s firmware, controls, and connected software ecosystem. This role focuses on creating the automated systems, tooling, and validation frameworks that help engineering teams move quickly while maintaining a high bar for reliability, performance, and release readiness. The ideal candidate is a builder first. You enjoy writing code, automating repetitive work, and creating scalable test systems that increase confidence across the development lifecycle. You're equally comfortable debugging embedded systems, investigating complex failures, building hardware-in-the-loop infrastructure, and partnering with engineers to improve quality at the source. You thrive in ambiguity and are energized by creating processes, tools, and workflows where none yet exist. You know that quality is not something that happens at the end of development. It's something that is engineered into every stage of the product lifecycle.

Who You Will Work With:

You'll collaborate closely with firmware, controls, software, hardware, QA, product, and program teams responsible for developing the product. You'll partner with engineers across embedded systems, electrical engineering, mobile applications, and cloud services to help establish a culture where quality is built into the product from the start. You'll also work with external development partners and testing resources to ensure consistent validation approaches across the broader product ecosystem.

What you Bring?

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, experience, or training

5 years of experience as an SDET, firmware quality engineer, embedded software engineer, or related role

Strong programming skills in Python and experience developing production-quality automation tooling

Experience building automated test frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and validation infrastructure

Experience validating embedded systems, robotics, mechatronics products, wearables, or connected devices

Strong understanding of firmware development workflows, source control, code reviews, CI systems, and release processes

Experience investigating complex system behavior through logs, telemetry, debugging tools, and root cause analysis

Experience creating test strategies, validation plans, and release qualification processes

Exceptional written communication and documentation skills

Builder mindset with ability to create new tools and processes in ambiguous environments

Highly self-motivated, action-oriented, and comfortable operating in startup-style product development environments

Comfortable working across firmware, controls, hardware, backend, and QA disciplines.

What You will Work on?

Build and maintain automated validation frameworks for firmware, controls, and connected services

Develop test infrastructure, tooling, and pipelines that improve release confidence and engineering velocity

Design and implement Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) and system-level automated test environments

Create automated regression suites for embedded systems and hardware-software interactions

Develop internal tools that improve testing efficiency, diagnostics, observability, and engineering productivity

Investigate complex system failures using logs, telemetry, source code, and hardware debugging techniques

Perform root cause analysis and work cross-functionally to drive issues through resolution

Partner with firmware and controls engineers to improve testability, reliability, and quality throughout development

Define release readiness criteria, quality gates, and validation processes that support frequent firmware releases

Create clear validation documentation, test plans, quality metrics, and reporting mechanisms

Establish scalable quality processes capable of supporting future product generations

Leverage AI tools to accelerate automation, debugging, analysis, and engineering workflows

Preferred Experience

Robotics, exoskeletons, autonomous systems, industrial automation, or mechatronics

Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing environments

Sensor fusion, controls systems, motion systems, or real-time software

BLE communication, mobile-device interactions, and OTA firmware updates

Experience with GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar CI/CD platforms

MATLAB, CAN tools, embedded diagnostics, or hardware debugging tools

Startup, R&D, incubation, or 0 1 product development environments

Experience using modern AI-enabled engineering workflows and tools