Lightmatter
Sr SDET– Firmware Automation
Toronto, ON +2 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026
- Location
- Toronto, ON
Boston, MA
Mountain View, CA - Experience
- 8+ years of professional software development; preferred qualification also mentions an MS with 8+ years in embedded test automation or firmware development.
- Education
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates should have capacity to comply with federally mandated U.S. export control requirements.
About the job
Builds firmware test automation frameworks and hardware-in-the-loop infrastructure to continuously test firmware on real photonic hardware.
What you'll do
- Own and develop firmware test automation frameworks, HIL infrastructure, and CI/CD integration across products and teams.
- Define test strategy and reporting, and build results, telemetry, and log pipelines for triage and release decisions.
- Debug failures across firmware, boards, instruments, fixtures, and test code; influence testability and diagnostics through design reviews.
What they ask for
- Extensive hardware-level automation experience with embedded systems, bench setups, and physical devices amid frequent hardware revisions.
- 8+ years of professional software development, primarily on embedded products, including designing test frameworks and infrastructure.
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- Architected and built at least one automation framework or HIL system from scratch, adopted by engineers and used daily; strong Python, embedded C/C++, and experience owning CI/CD tests on physical hardware.
Nice to have
- Experience with optical transceivers, photonic systems, precision analog/mixed-signal hardware, or optical and electrical test equipment.
- Familiarity with CMIS, OpenBMC, DMTF/Redfish, Pytest, Zephyr or FreeRTOS tools; thoughtful use of AI-assisted tools.
Tools
Python, C/C++, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CMIS, OpenBMC, DMTF/Redfish
AI focus
Preferred thoughtful use of AI-assisted tools in test generation, triage, or analytics.
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