Firmware QA Engineer

Firmware QA Engineer (Embedded Test Engineer) In-Office - Westlake Village, CA $80,000 - $110,000 Job Summary We are seeking a Firmware QA Engineer to improve reliability across an IoT-enabled cold chain logistics platform serving healthcare and pharmaceutical customers. This role is firmware-focused and hands-on - you will spend significant time running manual tests on real hardware, reproducing issues, collecting logs, and performing ship testing (pre-deployment verification) to ensure devices behave correctly before deployment. You will work closely with firmware and hardware engineering, and coordinate with backend and operations teams to validate end-to-end behavior. Responsibilities Validate firmware releases on hardware against defined scope and acceptance criteria Execute manual regression testing across core device behaviors (power, sensors, charging, connectivity, fault recovery) Perform ship testing and pre-deployment verification, including device setup, configuration checks, and release readiness validation for outgoing units Run dedicated firmware test passes for each release (smoke, regression, and targeted suites) and report clear pass/fail results Validate GPS functionality and firmware behavior, including time to first fix, accuracy checks, signal loss and recovery, and low-signal edge cases Reproduce and triage device issues using logs and lab tools (serial logs, in-house tooling) Partner with firmware and hardware engineers early to clarify expected behavior, edge cases, and testability needs Validate connectivity behavior relevant to firmware, including pairing and stability Support investigation and reproduction of customer-impacting issues by capturing device evidence and helping isolate root cause boundaries Contribute light scripting and tooling to speed up repetitive checks (Python, shell) - automation is not the core requirement Communicate quality status, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to cross-functional stakeholders #J-18808-Ljbffr Motive Workforce