Test Engineer – Alarms

Verkada • San Mateo, CA

6h • Onsite

About The Position

As a Test Engineer for the Alarms team, you will be responsible for ensuring the absolute reliability of our mission-critical security hardware and software. You'll be working across the entire stack, building the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) test infrastructure, writing automation, and catching problems before they reach production.

Requirements

• Engineering background in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience working with embedded systems or hardware devices.
• Basic familiarity with embedded Linux environments.
• Ability to write software to automate tests and coordinate hardware devices.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to system reliability.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with life safety or mission-critical regulatory standards (UL, ULC, etc.).
• Prior experience implementing Machine Learning or AI tools to optimize QA workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement automated test frameworks for embedded alarm and safety products.
• Build hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing systems that validate real devices under realistic operating conditions.
• Develop tests that verify both individual components (sensors, controllers, communication modules) and end-to-end system behavior.
• Write software to coordinate devices, test rigs, and cloud APIs for automated system validation.
• Simulate real-world scenarios such as sensor faults, communication failures, power interruptions, and alarm events.
• Build tooling and infrastructure that allow tests to run continuously in automated environments.
• Work closely with firmware, hardware, and backend teams to debug issues and improve test coverage.

Benefits

• Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
• Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
• Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
• Expanded mental health support
• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
• Paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
• Professional development stipend
• Wellness/fitness benefits
• Healthy lunches provided daily
• Commuter benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees