Top Software Test Engineer Jobs in Austin, TX

Develop and execute automated and regression tests for Ericsson gNodeB and Cloud RAN vDU software. Integrate, troubleshoot, and verify 5G/6G baseband features in laboratory environments; prepare test plans, document results, and analyze feature interactions. Collaborate with design and system engineers while testing wireless protocols, mobility, performance, robustness, configuration, capacity, and RF-related functionality across base stations, mobile devices, and simulators.

Design and maintain automated testing frameworks for cloud-scale distributed systems. Build performance, load, stress, integration, API, end-to-end, chaos, security, and infrastructure tests. Integrate continuous testing into CI/CD pipelines, analyze observability data, validate Kubernetes and microservices environments, and collaborate with Engineering and SRE teams to improve reliability. The role also participates in on-call rotations and helps establish QA strategy and standards across GPU infrastructure, serverless endpoints, storage, billing, and event-driven systems.

Intern develops and executes pre- and post-silicon test plans for embedded software products. Responsibilities include enhancing test frameworks, debugging and triaging issues, managing defects, presenting test results, and analyzing test data to improve product quality. The role requires collaboration with experienced engineers and familiarity with embedded systems, RTOS, programming languages, software testing, version control, Jira, and continuous integration.

Own and advance software verification for autonomous maritime vessels. Build unified testing infrastructure spanning Rust tests, VM integration, HITL stations, simulation, replay, fuzzing, fault injection, and CI orchestration. Develop reusable testing frameworks, investigate failures, improve reliability, and collaborate with autonomy, controls, networking, hardware, and infrastructure teams. The role requires strong systems engineering, debugging, and cross-functional collaboration, with occasional travel to operational test sites.

Design, build, and maintain production-grade test infrastructure, release orchestration tooling, and performance testing systems. Drive automation strategy across unit, integration, API, and end-to-end layers, migrate test frameworks (Cypress to Playwright), add observability for flakiness and reliability, and mentor engineers while solving complex infrastructure and AI-assisted testing problems.

Designs and maintains automated testing frameworks and test cases to improve product quality, coverage, reliability, and efficiency. Identifies quality gaps and risks, conducts software and process testing, analyzes performance metrics, investigates defects, and implements corrective actions. Collaborates with product, development, and operations teams on process improvements, reviews code and workflows for standards compliance, and provides guidance to junior team members. This is an in-office role based in Austin, Texas, or Madison, Wisconsin.

Develops and sustains software-based hardware validation systems for server, storage, and networking products in large-scale manufacturing environments. Responsibilities include designing test plans and procedures, automating hardware tests, maintaining L10 and L11-L12 production test infrastructure, documenting solutions, and collaborating with hardware, manufacturing, quality, and customer teams. The role also involves software architecture, deployment, configuration, troubleshooting, and occasional domestic and international travel.

Develop scalable test automation frameworks, QA tools, and intelligent testing systems using Playwright, C#, and JavaScript/TypeScript. Integrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines, build end-to-end, integration, and performance solutions, and apply AI techniques to improve test generation and defect detection. Partner with engineering and QA teams, troubleshoot reliability issues, contribute to test strategy, and mentor colleagues on automation and modern testing practices.

Own the team’s quality strategy, automation architecture, test frameworks, synthetic-data safeguards, CI feedback, and non-functional testing. Design reliable testing for concurrency, asynchronous workflows, and distributed services; diagnose failures across product, automation, data, and environments; and establish AI-assisted quality practices with human oversight. Define risk-based verification, exploratory testing, PHI protections, testability requirements, and residual-risk communication while partnering with Engineering, Product, and Platform.

Own test strategy for a portfolio of government web applications, build automated regression suites, integrate testing into CI/CD, and lead four test engineers. The role replaces manual regression, improves release confidence and delivery speed, and embeds security into development pipelines. Responsibilities include coaching government testers and engineers, communicating readiness to nontechnical stakeholders, and supporting adoption of sustainable testing practices in a U.S. Air Force environment.

Designs and maintains automated test frameworks for Keeper Secrets Manager APIs, SDKs, integrations, and cloud services. Builds API, integration, and end-to-end tests; integrates automation with CI/CD pipelines; manages Docker and Kubernetes test environments; validates authentication workflows; analyzes failures; and partners with engineering and DevOps teams to improve system testability, reliability, and security.

Design and scale automated test frameworks for Akamai’s custom Linux kernel, hardware compatibility, performance, reliability, security, and OS imaging. Develop hardware validation suites, support kernel and virtualization upgrades, troubleshoot low-level system issues, and improve continuous integration and testing infrastructure across AI and compute platforms.

Build and maintain cloud-native applications and services for Akamai’s IaaS platform. Develop platform features from requirements through design, testing, and deployment; integrate Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies; collaborate with product owners, architects, developers, and test engineers in an Agile continuous-delivery environment. The role focuses on creating scalable, reliable, secure platforms that simplify product development and user experience.

Designs and implements manual and automated tests across unit, component, integration, and end-to-end levels. Builds scalable UI and API automation frameworks, conducts performance and load testing, creates test reports, investigates regressions, and provides testability feedback. Collaborates with engineering, product management, and UX teams in an agile environment. The role requires Python and JavaScript automation expertise, cloud and container experience, CI/CD familiarity, SQL, and knowledge of microservices.

Own end-to-end verification and validation for complex cloud-native software systems. Design comprehensive testing strategies, build scalable backend and frontend automation frameworks, identify coverage gaps, perform root cause analysis, integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines, and improve testing efficiency. Apply AI-assisted tools to testing and debugging, evaluate emerging AI capabilities, mentor engineers, and raise quality standards across teams.

Owns VM and fleet test strategy, performance quality gates, and hypervisor validation for an IaaS platform. Designs reproducible bare-metal-like test environments, develops automated performance benchmarks and regression gates, validates SLOs and deployment safety, and builds test harnesses and analysis pipelines in Go, Python, and Perl. The role requires deep expertise in virtualization, Linux systems, performance engineering, statistical analysis, and cross-architecture debugging.

Designs and maintains automated testing frameworks for AI-powered applications, APIs, backend services, and distributed systems. Defines test strategies, acceptance criteria, evaluation metrics, tolerances, and quality gates for deterministic and non-deterministic software. Builds regression, integration, API, and end-to-end coverage; evaluates LLMs, agents, prompts, and tool-calling workflows; integrates testing into CI/CD; analyzes failures, telemetry, and logs; reduces flaky tests; and partners with AI, engineering, and product teams on continuous quality practices.

Build production-grade test automation infrastructure across API, integration, end-to-end, contract, regression, load, and performance testing. Develop Playwright suites, integrate automated tests with GitHub Actions release gates, create AI-assisted test generation workflows, maintain coverage dashboards, reduce flakiness, and establish performance-testing frameworks. Partner with engineers and product managers to define coverage, acceptance criteria, performance thresholds, and quality standards across the organization.

Develop and scale automated test software and infrastructure for validating RF and satellite communications payloads. Control laboratory instrumentation, implement system and component test sequences, integrate hardware and software environments, debug failures, and improve test frameworks. Build reusable tools, support CI/CD integration, standardize testing across teams, and collaborate with hardware, systems, and software engineers to ensure scalable, reliable validation.

Designs, develops, and maintains automated test frameworks and suites for native Android applications. Integrates mobile testing into CI/CD pipelines, executes tests across emulators and physical devices, investigates failures, improves application testability, and validates behavior across Android versions and device configurations. Collaborates with Android Engineering, QA, and Product teams while contributing to automation architecture, tooling standards, and testing best practices.

Build and maintain automated test frameworks and suites for native iOS and Android applications. Integrate mobile automation into CI/CD pipelines, execute tests across simulators, emulators, and physical devices, investigate failures, improve testability and coverage, and contribute to automation architecture and testing standards. Collaborate with Mobile Engineering, QA, and Product teams while using AI-assisted tools to improve development, debugging, analysis, documentation, and workflow efficiency.

Own the enterprise test automation strategy, scale a Playwright and JavaScript framework, expand coverage across Salesforce, MuleSoft, D365, and reporting systems, and build scalable execution and reporting infrastructure. Design QA standards, metrics, and review processes while developing AI-powered agents with Cursor for performance testing, regression analysis, and defect triage. Partner with engineering, product, business, and AI platform teams to deliver governed, reusable quality tooling.

Lead technical ownership of a global platform for safe change: distributed key-value storage, progressive configuration delivery, testing and health-mediation. Write production code, design systems, review senior proposals, integrate LLMs, and drive cross-team initiatives to improve reliability, rollout safety, and developer productivity.

Execute scheduled, ad hoc, and release-milestone software tests; review test cases; report defects in issue-tracking systems; communicate status in standups; and collaborate with software test managers and development teams. The role requires knowledge of QA methodologies, black-box, grey-box, and white-box testing, strong communication and organization, independent and team-based work, and participation in planning and professional meetings.

Develop and maintain automated testing tools and frameworks for complex healthcare software. Create test plans, execute white-box, black-box, UI, API, and performance testing, identify defects and testing gaps, improve CI/CD processes, and collaborate with product managers and developers to support high-quality releases. The role also involves debugging code, participating in demos, and working with distributed teams in a remote environment.