Senior Quality Engineer - Firmware

Summary

Join Samsara's Quality Engineering team as a Firmware Quality Engineer to drive product quality and cultivate a quality culture. This remote position is open to candidates residing in Canada.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a technical field. Electrical or Computer Engineering preferred
• 4+ years of experience in a quality engineering function
• Strong technical understanding of embedded + distributed systems
• Working experience with automated test environments and building of test beds with physical hardware
• Proven abilities for effective low-level troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• Strong communication skills, comfortable working with teams from diverse backgrounds

Responsibilities

• Be an advocate for Quality in a tight knit Firmware Quality pod
• Partner with your Quality Engineering Lead/Manager, Firmware Development and Product teams to define quality goals, expand test coverage, and ensure high quality releases
• Create and maintain comprehensive and effective test suites
• Prioritize automation of existing regression and manual test cases, to reduce manual test time
• Run systems-level manual and automated in-house acceptance tests and real world driving tests to detect defects and regressions in our cloud application and devices
• Write detailed test cases and strategy for IoT devices and connectivity with accessories
• Rapidly diagnose issues and perform root cause analysis with firmware, backend, and fullstack developers
• Lead test planning and execution for major firmware releases/NPI hardware
• Mentor junior QA engineers and provide guidance on best practices
• Work closely with Product and Engineering stakeholders to ensure alignment on quality objectives
• Actively champion a culture of quality by analyzing product quality data and deriving / delivering actionable product quality insights to product development teams
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in embedded systems testing (Automotive and IoT preferred)
• Proficiency with Serial Data Communication including: CAN and SPI
• Experience with Automotive Test Tools including: vSpy, dSpace, CANalyzer
• Proficiency with Scripting and Querying Languages: Python, SQL, CAPL

Benefits

Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee-led remote and flexible working, health benefits, Samsara for Good charity fund, and much, much more