Senior Embedded Test Engineer

About Avive:

Avive Solutions, Inc. ( is a growth stage Automated External Defibrillator (AED) company with a connected response system that is rapidly gaining market share. We are a mission driven team that is quite literally saving lives. Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of death in the United States, and we are on a mission to change that! We are a dynamic organization that builds elegant, creative solutions to solve complex problems. Ultimately, our mission is for all cardiac arrest victims to have rapid access to life-saving defibrillation.

Avive is taking a fresh approach to addressing this decades-old problem by innovating AED technology, coupled with a first-of-its-kind software platform solution to enable a quicker and more streamlined response to SCA emergencies. We believe that this unique combination of deploying advanced - yet still accessible - hardware, and software, has the potential to revolutionize out-of-hospital cardiac arrest response and massively impact SCA survival rates.

Check out this short video that shows a glimpse of how our team is working to re-think cardiac arrest response and save lives!

Learn more about working at Avive:

About the Role:

This position plays a critical role in the testing of Avive's embedded software from early design stages through commercialization, ensuring that all products comply with internal, regulatory, and customer requirements. Additionally, this position plays an active role in providing best-in-class quality engineering practices by focusing on automating and executing tasks in an efficient and effective manner.

What You'll Do:

• Lead end-to-end testing between internal and external systems, connected hardware products, cloud-based databases, and applications.
• Create and maintain test plans, write automated and manual test cases, and execute verification tests based on software requirements and specifications.
• Triage defects from opening to closure. Log reproduction steps, participate in impact analysis, recommend solutions, and execute regression tests. Find root causes and work with engineers to ensure closure.
• Develop and maintain automation framework with dedicated hardware fixtures using Pytest.
• Create and deliver software project documentation, including IUVs, design verification test plans, test protocols, and test reports.
• Consider and implement unit and system level tests.
• Design, develop and test software tools that aid in development and manufacturing.
• Maintain focus on delivering the highest quality product to our customers.
• Work closely with the firmware development team for a deep and nuanced understanding of implementation detail.

Required Skills & Experience:

• BS degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent combination of relevant coursework and job-related experience.
• Minimum of five (5) years in a software test position for embedded systems.
• Ability to write, debug, and review Python for hardware-control libraries and automated tests

Preferred/Bonus Points For:

• Strong understanding of electronics, power optimization, firmware design, C/C++, ARM CPUs, and Embedded Linux.
• Experience using Linux and bash
• Experience with wireless networking test protocols - Cellular, BLE, WiFi
• Experience using Git, defect tracking in Jira, and participating in an Agile with scrum development process.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including technical writing,
• Good demonstration is a must!

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of the company to provide equal employment opportunity to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, the company will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

NOTE: This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties or functions to be performed by the incumbent. Personnel are required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties/functions requested by their supervisor.

Anticipated salary range: $125,000 - $145,000

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.