# Senior Software QA Engineer, Avionics Platform at Firestorm

- Company: Firestorm
- What the company does: Firestorm Labs - Democratize the fight with radically-affordable, mission-adaptable power for air, land, and sea. Backed by NEA.
- Company website: https://www.launchfirestorm.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Diego, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $140K to $185K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-12
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.gem.com/firestorm/am9icG9zdDqsN7nhfCF3OdZhmyORkhI1
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/firestorm-senior-software-qa-engineer-avionics-platform/

## About the role

Firestorm’s Avionics Platform team builds the software platform that flies our vehicles: flight computers and peripheral controllers running embedded Linux and RTOS stacks; middleware and Linux services; low-level drivers and HALs; and the critical interfaces that connect autonomy, payloads, and comms.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years professional QA/SDET experience, including automation for embedded/real-time or safety-critical systems
- Hands-on testing for embedded Linux and/or RTOS (e.g., NuttX, FreeRTOS, PX4) and driver/HAL layers across UART/SPI/I²C/CAN-FD/Ethernet
- Practical experience building automated tests with Python (pytest/Robot or equivalent) controlling benches over serial/CAN/Ethernet, comfort with C/C++ artifacts and host-based unit tests (gtest)
- Comfortable validating networked real-time systems (MAVLink, DDS, WebSockets), async I/O, and telemetry flows under constrained or lossy links
- Proficient with Linux and Windows test environments, CLI tooling, scripting (Python/Bash/PowerShell), and Git