Software Development Engineer in Test

Ursus, Inc.

Foster City, CA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$30–$38.89 Per Hour
SKILLS
Acceptance Testing, Aerospace and Defense, Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Atlassian JIRA, Computer Science, Consumer Electronics, Documentation, Functional Testing, GitHub, Integration Testing, Large-Scale Systems, Machine Tool, Mathematics, Performance Metrics, Problem Solving Skills, Prototyping, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Quality Assurance Methodology, Quality Management, Release Management/Engineering, Reporting Skills, Robotics, Root Cause Analysis, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Software Engineering, Software Testing, System Test, Test Automation, Test Data, Test Plan/Schedule, Test Scripts, Testing, Validation Testing
LOCATION
Foster City, CA
POSTED
19 days ago
JOB TITLE: Software Development Engineer in Test
LOCATION: Foster City, CA (Onsite)
PAY RANGE: $30 - $38/hr.
DURATION: 6 Months

TOP 3 SKILLS:
  • 5+ years of experience in complex testing environments (Consumer Electronics, Automotive, Aerospace, or similar), with hands-on work in integration and system-level testing
  • Strong experience in software testing methodologies, including designing, developing, executing, and maintaining automated functional test scripts
  • Expert Python programming experience focused on system-level testing, test framework development, and automation for large-scale software systems

Job Description:
Autonomous vehicles have some of the largest, most complex software ever shipped in a safety-critical environment. Solving that problem is one of the most exciting technical challenges of our lifetime. As a Software Development Engineer in Test on the Release Management team, you will help accelerate our software release by ensuring that we are shipping the safest and most reliable software possible. As developers build new features, you will be responsible for building and maintaining tooling to automate integration and acceptance testing. These efforts are critical to maintaining our code quality and ensuring that our service capabilities operate as intended. Your ability to understand the overall system design and component interaction to help guide test methodology for functional and safety sign-off is crucial to the overall success of our team. Accountability and integrity are core to our team.

In this role, you will:
  • Build and maintain tooling and develop automated scripts for efficient execution of the Integration and Acceptance testing phase
  • Investigate issues arising due to recent code changes before IAT daily sign-offs
  • Monitor and analyze test results from offline (HIL and other CI test runs) and on-vehicle logs, and develop automated reporting
  • Develop tooling to support vehicle log analysis and test data to trace failures for root cause analysis, documentation, and communication
  • Triage and identify software regressions and possible improvements for development teams

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor s or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or related field AND a minimum of 5 years in complex testing environments (Consumer Electronics, Automotive, Aerospace, or related industries)
  • Experience with developing automated scripts for software functional testing
  • Knowledge of software testing methodologies and experience in developing, executing, and automating test scripts
  • Expert Python programming experience with a focus on system-level tests and test framework development

Bonus Qualifications:
  • Prior experience with the rigorous verification and validation of complex robotics and safety-critical software systems with a focus on performance measurements
  • Proficiency with GitHub, CI, and Jira
  • Knowledge of using the latest AI toolset like Cursor, Copilot, etc., and how to use them to develop prototypes and tools


BENEFITS SUMMARY: Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate or annual salary only, unless otherwise stated. In addition to base compensation, full-time roles are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Commuter and 401K benefits with company matching.

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Ursus, Inc.