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Software Technician
San Francisco, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 18, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 2+ years of software experience; work on testing infrastructure, developer tools, or distributed systems.
About the job
Tests, debugs, and validates custom hardware-software systems, preparing devices for deployment and helping improve scalable testing processes.
What you'll do
- Perform quality-control and bench tests on custom electronics; load software and firmware onto devices.
- Run hardware and software test suites, record results, and identify anomalies and failure modes.
- Debug issues across hardware and software, work with engineering teams on resolution, and improve testing processes and documentation.
What they ask for
- 2+ years of software experience, with work on testing infrastructure, developer tools, or distributed systems.
- Experience with Python and Bash Scripting.
- Ability to read electrical schematics and understand hardware assembly drawings.
- Experience flashing firmware or loading OS images onto embedded targets.
Nice to have
- Experience with robotics, autonomous vehicles, safety-critical systems, hardware-in-the-loop testing, or real-time systems.
- Experience with simulation environments, pub/sub messaging, binary serialization, cloud infrastructure, or performance engineering.
Pay
$32.00 - $55.00 USD per hour (base starting rate)
Tools
Python, Bash, Gazebo, CARLA, Isaac Sim, ZMQ, ROS, DDS
AI focus
The role supports testing and validation of hardware-software systems for Physical AI and robotics; no specific AI development duties are stated.
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