Staff Embedded Test Engineer
BrightAI Corporation · Palo Alto, CA
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Jul 16, 2026
Palo Alto, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior embedded test engineering role focused on validating connected IoT devices across the full data path — from physical sensors and edge firmware through to cloud platforms. Day-to-day work spans building automated hardware-in-the-loop test rigs, simulating network conditions, profiling power consumption, auditing security, and integrating hardware tests into CI/CD pipelines. Suited to someone with a decade of embedded QA experience, at least five years of which is specific to connected IoT products.
Senior level · 10+ years · National
Advertised as Staff, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $106,594 (middle half $82,076–$136,109).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
No work location is specified in the posting; CBSA and state fields are left blank. Remote status is unknown and defaulted to false.
The title says 'Staff' but the requirements — while deep — describe a senior individual contributor owning a technical domain rather than setting direction across multiple teams. Seniority is assessed as Senior; advertised level is Staff as titled.
The 10+ years overall and 5+ years IoT-focused requirements are role-level gates captured in the overall years minimum (10). The 5-year IoT sub-requirement has no named technology and so is reflected in the notes rather than as a separate skill.
GitLab CI/CD is the only CI/CD platform explicitly named in the posting (under DevOps Integration); it is treated as a hard gate since it appears in the responsibilities/requirements narrative with specific named usage.
LoRaWAN, Protobuf, TLS/AES/ECC appear in the responsibilities narrative rather than the explicit Required Qualifications section; they are marked preferred accordingly.
No compensation, degree requirement, or employment type is stated in the posting.
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