Automation Engineer

Fellow • San Francisco, CA

15d • $165,000 - $185,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Fellow is seeking a highly skilled Automation Engineer to support hardware product development and testing. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining end-to-end CI/CD pipelines that automate testing, deployment, and release workflows across software, firmware, mobile applications, and AWS-based backend services. The position requires deep experience in test automation, hardware-integrated testing, and the ability to work with system logs and external measurement devices. A key aspect of this role will be enabling intelligent debugging by integrating test outputs with AI-based analysis tools. This role is based in San Francisco, CA and requires 4 days per week in-office.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 7+ years of experience in test automation, CI/CD, or automation engineering roles
• Proficiency in automation scripting (Python or similar)
• Hands-on experience with hardware-integrated automation testing
• Strong experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI)
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills in complex, multi-system environments
• Proven experience with hardware automation, including tests that integrate machine logs and data from external measurement devices such as sensors and scales
• Familiarity with Git-based workflows and version control best practices
• Ability to design robust, repeatable, and scalable test automation systems
• Expertise in log collection, processing, and analysis

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience working across firmware, mobile, and backend systems
• Familiarity with embedded systems, RTOS, or low-level firmware development
• Experience with mobile automation frameworks (e.g., Appium, XCTest, Espresso)
• Experience with cloud-native testing, observability, and monitoring tools
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience working in IoT, consumer electronics, or hardware-software integrated products
• Experience integrating automation outputs with AI or ML-based debugging/analysis tools
• Experience with firmware build systems, flashing tools, and device communication
• Hands-on experience automating mobile application testing on real devices
• Strong understanding of AWS-based backend services and deployment workflows
• Experience with test frameworks for unit, integration, and system testing

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, deployment, and release processes for embedded firmware, mobile applications, and cloud-based backend services (AWS).
• Maintain and optimize automation frameworks to support continuous integration and delivery across multiple platforms.
• Implement automated workflows for firmware, including enforcing coding style, static analysis checks, executing unit tests, compiling codebases, flashing firmware onto physical devices, and running automated functional and integration test cases.
• Collect, normalize, and forward device logs and test results to AI agents for debugging and root-cause analysis.
• Build automated pipelines for mobile applications, including coding style and lint checks, unit tests, deploying builds, installing applications on physical test phones, and executing automated UI and functional test cases.
• Aggregate logs and test artifacts and pass them to AI agents for debugging mobile applications.
• Develop automation for backend services, including coding standards and static analysis, unit and integration tests, deploying services, executing automated backend test suites, and capturing logs, metrics, and traces for AI analysis.
• Design and maintain automated tests that integrate hardware device logs and data from external measurement devices such as sensors, scales, or other instrumentation.
• Ensure reliable data capture, synchronization, and validation across hardware and software systems.

Benefits

• Creating a safe, inclusive, and rewarding environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and thrive.
• Commitment to building diverse teams.
• Equal opportunity employer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior