Test Automation Engineer — 5G Core & Device Functions at E-Space
Saratoga
$140,000–$160,000
Aug 11, 2026
Saratoga
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Test Automation Engineer role at a LEO satellite IoT company, focused on building and maintaining scalable validation infrastructure for 5G Core and device-side network functions across both virtualized lab environments and physical hardware. The position involves writing Python automation scripts, supporting hardware-in-the-loop testing, and managing defect lifecycles — suited to someone with 2–5 years of test automation experience in wireless, networking, or embedded systems.
Mid level · 2+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Pay in the description: $140,000–$160,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 85 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 50–150
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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What the occupation pays Median $170,192 (middle half $126,400–$188,281). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (5)
The 2–5 year experience range and the framing of working 'closely with senior engineers' both point to a Mid-level role despite the absence of a level word in the title.
VMware and Proxmox are listed together as interchangeable examples of virtualized environments under the requirements section; captured as a single skill with Proxmox as an alternative.
CI/CD pipelines appear in the required section but are framed as 'familiarity with' rather than a hard gate, so treated as preferred.
Wireshark/tcpdump and 5G Core experience are explicitly listed under 'Nice to have' and are marked preferred accordingly.
The alternative occupation code 15-1252 is noted because the role involves substantial automation code development, not just test execution — however, the primary framing is validation/QA infrastructure.
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