Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

TurbineOne is a fast-moving and high-performance startup focused on enhancing situational awareness for frontline personnel. The Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) will be responsible for ensuring the quality and performance of the platform through the design and implementation of automated test frameworks, while collaborating closely with engineering and deployment teams.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain automated test frameworks for FPS across on-prem and cloud environments
• Develop end-to-end, integration, regression, and performance test suites for multi-platform deployments (Linux, Windows, edge devices, containerized systems)
• Own validation and verification processes for on-prem, air-gapped, and customer-specific deployments
• Build CI/CD testing pipelines to support rapid iteration while maintaining system reliability
• Create deployment validation scripts and health checks for infrastructure and application layers
• Simulate comms-contested and resource-constrained environments to test system resilience
• Collaborate closely with engineering, DevOps, and field integration teams to identify edge cases and prevent production defects
• Troubleshoot complex system-level issues spanning application, networking, containerization, and hardware interfaces
• Develop reproducible test environments using virtualization and container orchestration tools
• Document test strategies, deployment validation procedures, and release readiness criteria
• Continuously improve testing methodologies to support rapid scaling and evolving customer requirements
• Write automated integration tests to validate FPS workflows
• Build and maintain CI pipelines that test containerized deployments before release
• Spin up a simulated air-gapped environment to reproduce and debug a customer-reported issue
• Validate FPS across multiple operating systems and hardware configurations
• Design a stress test to evaluate system performance under limited bandwidth conditions
• Collaborate with engineers to identify root causes of deployment failures
• Create scripts to automatically verify installation, configuration, and system health checks
• Participate in release reviews to ensure readiness for field deployment
• Improve test coverage across APIs, UI components, ML pipelines, and system integrations

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in software testing, quality engineering, or SDET roles
• Strong programming skills (Python preferred) and experience building automated test frameworks
• Experience testing on-premise, air-gapped, or enterprise deployments
• Strong understanding of Linux systems, networking fundamentals (LAN vs WAN, ssh, IP, DHCP), and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience validating software across multiple operating systems and hardware environments
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems and infrastructure-as-code tools
• Experience performance testing distributed systems or ML-driven applications
• Excellent debugging and root-cause analysis skills across full-stack systems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• A college degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field is preferred
• Must be eligible to obtain a clearance with the U.S. government