# Principal Test Automation Engineer at d-Matrix

- Company: d-Matrix
- What the company does: d-Matrix is redefining AI inference with memory-centric compute built for ultra-low latency, greater efficiency, and scalable AI infrastructure.
- Company website: https://www.d-matrix.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Santa Clara
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $195K to $285K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-15
- Apply by: 2026-11-29
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/d-Matrix/60df1a00-6f18-4ef4-b1dc-839fd4333e60?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/d-matrix-principal-test-automation-engineer/

## About the role

d-Matrix is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to define and build how we use AI-enabled automation across the software development lifecycle, from build and CI through testing and release. Our codebase spans a kernel compiler, firmware, device drivers, and an inference serving stack running on silicon we designed ourselves. Tests require real hardware, correctness is numerical rather than pass/fail, and failures can originate in any of several layers. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Exposure to compilers, firmware, or hardware-in-the-loop test environments
- Experience building tool integrations with MCP or similar protocols
- Experience working with GitLab, Jira, or Prometheus APIs
- Experience managing cost and latency in LLM-based systems
- Daily use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot, with well-formed opinions on where they help and where they do not

Tags: Software Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/d-matrix-principal-test-automation-engineer/