Senior Firmware QA Engineer

Senior Firmware QA Engineer (Wearables / Embedded)

You will join a European engineering team to own end to end firmware QA and test automation for a large-scale wearable ecosystem (trackers, smart stations, accessories). This role is hands on in the lab, working with oscilloscopes, networked devices, and manufacturing partners to keep thousands of devices running reliably in the field.

Tasks and deliverables:

• Develop and maintain automated test suites for firmware using Robot Framework and Python, and ideally C++.
• Design, implement, and execute test plans for firmware releases on wearables and smart stations.
• Work hands on in the lab with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, network analyzers, and other test equipment to validate and debug behavior.
• Verify communication and network protocol behavior (for example Wi Fi, Bluetooth and other relevant wireless protocols) across devices and infrastructure (such as MQTT servers).
• Build automated test harnesses that run in CI pipelines to validate new firmware and hardware revisions.
• Collaborate with manufacturing teams (primarily in Hungary) to qualify new builds, improve test coverage, and refine manufacturing test processes.
• Analyze failures from manufacturing and internal testing, determine whether issues are firmware, hardware, or test related, and drive root cause analysis to closure.
• Create and maintain test documentation, including test cases, test reports, and coverage metrics.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines (for example GitHub Actions, Docker based workflows) to ensure reliable and repeatable firmware validation.
• Provide clear, data based feedback to firmware, hardware, and production stakeholders and participate in release go/no go decisions.

General Information:

• Role: Senior Firmware QA Engineer (Wearables / Embedded)
• Location: Den Bosch, Netherlands (hybrid, 2–3 days per week onsite in the lab)
• Commitment: Full time contractor
• Duration: Expected 6–12 months (realistically closer to 12 months)
• Timezone: Central European (CET) with standard overlap with European working hours
• Work style: Close collaboration with firmware, hardware, and manufacturing teams (Netherlands and Hungary)