Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Overview Instrumental technology is used by the world’s most admired electronics brands, such as NVIDIA, Cisco, and Meta, to accelerate new product development and improve production yields. Our technology leverages AI to process data generated on the manufacturing floor, automating failure identification and resolution, improving yield, quality, and time‑to‑market. In the past few quarters, our technology has become mission‑critical for AI server manufacturers. We’re rapidly growing our global presence to enable deeper integrations into our customers’ complex manufacturing environments. We’re seeking a Quality Engineer to join our team and help scale our ability to deliver world‑class manufacturing AI solutions. The testing domain spans hardware, our edge computing stack, and our customer‑facing web application. The ideal candidate will have experience testing hardware and end‑to‑end UX testing in software. What’s Great About This Role Make an impact: You’ll work in a fast‑paced, iterative environment where you are empowered and expected to participate in fulfilling our company mission to eliminate half of the inefficiencies in manufacturing—a $12T problem. Broad technical scope : As a QA engineer, you’ll be exposed to the full gamut of our cloud platform, ML/AI pipelines, edge platform including hardware and embedded systems, SaaS, and edge applications. Guardians of quality end‑to‑end : At Instrumental, we believe that the best products are built cross‑functionally. You are a guardian of the quality of our solution end‑to‑end, so that our customers love it, our field deployment engineers love it, our product owners and engineers are proud of it. Influence how we build: As a member of our small QA team, you’ll directly influence our approach and systems towards quality. Your work is highly visible! Qualifications Demonstrated ability to operate at startup scale; ready to tackle evolving challenges that require incremental and fast‑paced innovation. Proven experience writing and executing test cases that strongly align with customer values and the priorities of the project and business. Minimum 3+ years of QA experience with web and/or mobile applications; bonus if you have experience testing hardware. Cares deeply about the end‑to‑end user experience and has demonstrated in a prior role that they will flag issues even when they’re “to spec.” Demonstrated experience working in a highly cross‑functional environment + brings a strong voice in product, UX, and engineering review sessions to ensure quality considerations throughout the stages of development. Strong communication skills and an ability to explain nuanced technical topics to both technical and non‑technical audiences. Experience working on cloud platforms and SaaS development lifecycles. Past experience working with data‑driven applications including basic SQL and/or scripting capabilities (SQL, shell, Python, etc.). Experience owning test automation and driving unit/integration/solution test automation coverage with development engineers. Past experience testing data analysis and visualization software, with proficiency in writing statistical calculations. Application Note This position requires access to items and data that are developed under U.S. government contracts and subject to dissemination controls that limit access to U.S. citizens only. Benefits Instrumental is very proud to offer a highly‑rated variety of benefits including Health, Vision, Dental, Public Transit/Commuter Plans, and Parental Leave. Salary Range The following is a representative annual base salary range for this position within the Bay Area: $131,000 - $145,000. In addition, job level & salary opportunity is evaluated through our interview process – we review experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of each applicant. #J-18808-Ljbffr