Senior/Staff Partner Automation Architect

Arlo Technologies•Milpitas, CA

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

About Arlo: At Arlo, we're passionate about creating innovative and reliable solutions that help people protect what matters most to them. Our team is dedicated to delivering products that exceed our customers' expectations, while always pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the world of protection technology. We believe that everyone deserves to feel safe and secure, whether they're at home or away, and we're committed to providing our customers with the peace of mind they need to live their lives without worry. Arlo’s deep expertise in AI- and CV-powered analytics, cloud services, user experience, product design, and innovative wireless and RF connectivity enables the delivery of a seamless, smart security experience for Arlo users that is easy to set up and interact with every day. Senior/Staff Partner Automation Architect Location: Milpitas, CA (hybrid) As an Automation Architect, you will:

Requirements

Work well with ambiguous goals to solve big challenges at scale.
Exhibit strong analytical and exceptional troubleshooting skills.
7+ years of experience with Test Engineering or systems automation experience.
5+ years of experience with Java or similar languages.
Working understanding of computer networking, cloud services & mobile applications.

Nice To Haves

Experience with hands on hardware lab automation.
Knowledge of automation frameworks (Robot, Selenium, XCUITEST, etc.)
Experience automating mobile application testing.
Experience using AI development tools (Cursor, ClaudeCode, etc)

Responsibilities

Define our Architecture & Framework Strategy: Architect and drive the design of an end-to-end automation framework spanning hardware devices, mobile applications (iOS/Android), and cloud services.
Define framework standards, extensibility models, and patterns to ensure scalability, maintainability, and long-term evolution.
Establish quality gates and automation architecture that supports CI/CD and rapid partner platform releases.
Ensure automation coverage reflects real-world partner and customer workflows across all layers of the stack.
Drive alignment across engineering teams on automation strategy, tooling, and testability improvements.
Implement a Hardware Lab & Infrastructure Automation: Design and oversee the setup of a scalable hardware test lab supporting real-device automation.
Define approaches for hardware provisioning, reset, orchestration, and monitoring.
Implement network automation and infrastructure controls to enable reproducible, unattended test execution.
Partner with infrastructure and IT teams to ensure secure, reliable lab operations.
Establish observability and diagnostics within the lab to reduce flakiness and improve signal quality.
Utilize AI to Accelerate Production: Leverage Arlo’s AI framework to accelerate test definition, generation, maintenance, and failure analysis.
Develop workflows where AI assists in converting defined test scenarios into executable automation.
Establish guardrails to ensure AI-generated automation remains deterministic, repeatable, and auditable.
Continuously evaluate how AI can improve coverage, reduce manual effort, and shorten time-to-automation.
Define best practices for AI usage within Quality Engineering and help operationalize them across teams.