Test Automation Engineer

• Build and maintain automated regression and integration tests.
• Develop tools for:
• Test orchestration and execution.
• Log collection, parsing, and failure detection.
• Test telemetry and reporting.
• Expand coverage while reducing manual testing.
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines

• Validate software that runs on Jetson devices and interfaces with in-house smart-sensors and third-party payloads.
• Reproduce and debug software ↔ hardware issues.
• Turn integration failures into repeatable tests.
• Maintain and support Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) setups.

• Investigate and reproduce customer-reported issues.
• Build tools and workflows for faster debugging (logs, replay, diagnostics).
• Feed findings back into automated test coverage.

• Apply AI where it improves validation:
• UI testing (e.g., Playwright).
• Log analysis and anomaly detection.
• Evolve testing toward more adaptive, intelligent systems.

• Critical workflows are automated and continuously validated.
• Integration issues are caught early and are reproducible.
• Customer issues are faster to diagnose and resolve.
• Testing scales with reduced manual effort.

• 5+ years of experience in test automation and hardware/software validation
• Experience with system, integration, or embedded testing.
• Comfortable working with software deployed to edge hardware (Jetson devices or similar).
• Strong systems thinking across software and hardware.
• Experience building test automation, tools, or frameworks.
• Proficient in Python and Linux environments.
• Bonus: Experience with HIL testing, Playwright, or AI-assisted testing.

Summary This role combines system-level testing, automation, and real-world debugging.

You will build the infrastructure and workflows that ensure our software and hardware systems work reliably in the field.

• Growth Opportunities: As a team member of a true startup, you will learn by doing and shape our future. The opportunities are limitless for those who want to grow their career.
• Impact Opportunity: We work on missions that matter to keep people safe and make the world better, and we do it at the speed of a startup.
• Late Start Wednesday: A weekly block to have focus time away from meetings and calls
• Time Off: Generous unlimited PTO policy
• Stock Options
• Medical and Dental premiums 100% covered
• 401K Matching

Overwatch Imaging is an equal opportunity workplace and makes employment decisions based on merit and business needs, regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status, or any other protected personal characteristic.