Test Automation Engineer

This is a Remote, 6-month contract position ($75/hr)

We’re Blue River, a team of innovators driven to create intelligent machinery that solves monumental problems for our customers. We empower our customers – farmers, construction crews, and foresters - to implement safer and more sustainable solutions, driving increased profitability with less reliance on scarce labor. We believe that focusing on the small stuff – pixel-by-pixel and task-by-task - leads to big gains. With our partners at John Deere, we have the ability to bring innovative computer vision, machine learning, robotics, and product management solutions to scale production, maximizing their potential impact. Our people are at the heart of what we do. Through cross-discipline collaboration, this mission-driven and daring team is eager to define the new frontier of mobile robotics. We are always asking hard questions, rapidly iterating, and getting our boots in the field and on-site to figure it out. We won’t give up until we’ve made a tangible and positive impact on the planet. Our office is located in Santa Clara, CA, and is home to 100+ team members with diverse experience including robotics, computer vision, and machine learning. Our working environment is fast-paced and highly collaborative, and employees are able to use their talents to build a sustainable future at the intersection of the environment and humanity.

Summary

Our Vehicle Autonomy Team is looking for a highly motivated Autonomy Test Automation Engineer to deliver the promise of autonomy to the world’s farm fields. In this role, you will collaborate with our team to build and maintain the continuous integration / continuous deployment (CI/CD) system for hardware and software-in-the-loop testing. You will review incoming tests, monitor and correct flakey tests, and ensure the automated test system supports a fast-paced development environment. We tackle our objectives with multi-functional engineering teams of systems and embedded software, test and QA, mechatronics, computer vision, and machine learning engineers. Our team is empowered to figure out how to overcome challenges, and plan and prioritize work – everyone is a key contributor.

Job Responsibilities

Main job responsibilities include:

• Implement test automation framework in conjunction with external partners and team collaborators.
• Create and monitor daily and nightly workflows that ensure incoming software changes do not disrupt the verification pipeline.
• Create and maintain dashboards and reporting tools to allow others to quickly understand test case performance and prioritize work based on data-driven outcomes.
• Review and maintain test case repository to ensure external releases are meet requirements and the team can track test case progress over time.

Required Experience and Skills

• BS or higher in Engineering or technical fields such as Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Physics, Mathematics, or Data Science.
• 3+ years of experience in software development.
• 2+ years building test infrastructure, testing, troubleshooting, and debugging multi-faceted systems.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, Linux.
• Experience with CI/CD workflows in Github Actions or similar systems.
• Resourcefulness and perseverance; demonstrated ability to be successful in uncertain situations, and a high degree of agility and creativity to adapt and react to learnings.
• Exhibit a high level of personal and professional integrity.

Preferred Experience and Skills

• SQL & dashboard visualizations (ex. QuickSight, Tableau)
• Cloud-based data storage (ex. s3)
• Bazel
• Experience with Computer Vision / Machine Learning
• Autonomous Vehicle development or test experience
• Ability to operate, plan and execute, within the presence of uncertainty.

At Blue River, we’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. While we have more work to do to advance diversity and inclusion, we’re investing in our programs, including recruiting, mentorship, career development, and learning & development to ensure they support our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion goals. We support each employee in living a full life, enabling a thriving career, and accomplishing a meaningful, challenging mission while collaborating with incredible people. We are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align completely with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request an accommodation.

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