Staff Test Infrastructure Engineer
John Deere•Santa Clara, CA
•$141,132 - $211,692•Onsite
About The Position
John Deere is seeking a Staff Test Infrastructure Engineer to join their team in Santa Clara, CA. This role is responsible for owning, maintaining, and extending automated test infrastructure for an autonomous tractor fleet. The engineer will develop and improve test case authoring, execution, and post-run validation tooling, integrate new simulators, and support CI/CD pipelines. The position also involves maintaining test bench hardware, monitoring builds, triaging failures, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure test coverage aligns with product changes. Improving test observability and authoring documentation are also key responsibilities. VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position.
Requirements
- 6 or more years of experience in test automation, test infrastructure engineering
- Strong proficiency in Python (test frameworks, scripting, YAML-driven configuration, CLI tooling).
- Experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar) and building/maintaining automated pipelines.
- Familiarity with Docker and containerized development/test environments.
- Experience with Linux system administration and shell scripting (bash).
- Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) or software-in-the-loop (SIL) testing concepts.
- Experience with version control (Git) and collaborative development workflows.
Nice To Haves
- Ability to read and understand C++ and/or ROS 2 codebases sufficiently to triage build and test failures.
- Experience with ROS / ROS 2 (topics, nodes, launch files, bag recording/playback).
- Familiarity with robotics simulation tools (e.g., Gazebo, CARLA, NVIDIA Isaac Sim, or proprietary simulators).
- Experience with perception or autonomy stacks (sensor fusion, object detection, path planning).
- Familiarity with protobuf / gRPC messaging and serialization.
- Experience with AWS services (S3, EC2, ECS/EKS) for cloud-based test execution or artifact management.
- Experience with MCAP / rosbag data formats and replay-based regression testing.
- Familiarity with embedded systems, CAN bus, or vehicle/machine platforms.
- Experience maintaining or administering NVIDIA Jetson or GPU-accelerated compute platforms.
- Exposure to TensorRT model optimization or ML model deployment pipelines.
- Experience with test result visualization and reporting tools (e.g., Allure, Grafana, custom dashboards).
- Experience in test automation using PyTest
- Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills; comfortable investigating failures across software and hardware boundaries.
Responsibilities
- Own, maintain, and extend automated test infrastructure for an autonomous tractor fleet (test frameworks, test runners, pipeline orchestration, and result reporting).
- Develop and improve test case authoring, execution, and post-run validation tooling.
- Integrate new simulators with the robotics and perception software stack, ensuring realistic and repeatable test scenarios.
- Support CI/CD pipelines for simulated and replay-based testing, including defining test suites, managing test configurations, and ensuring deterministic automated execution.
- Maintain and administer test bench hardware, including compute platforms, sensor rigs, and HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) setups; troubleshoot hardware and connectivity issues.
- Monitor nightly and weekly builds, triage test failures, identify root causes, and report issues to the appropriate engineering teams with clear reproduction steps and context.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with autonomy, perception, navigation, and DevOps engineers to ensure test coverage tracks product changes.
- Improve test observability by enhancing logging, metrics collection, S3-based artifact storage, and result dashboards.
- Author and maintain documentation for test processes, infrastructure setup, and onboarding guides for other engineers contributing tests.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements
- Highly competitive base pay
- Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Contribution)
- Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Tuition assistance
- Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations
- Charitable contribution match
- Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use
- Vacation and Holiday Pay
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
