Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

TurbineOne is a fast-moving and high-performance startup focused on enhancing situational awareness for frontline workers. They are seeking a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to ensure the quality and performance of their Frontline Perception System through automated testing and collaboration with engineering 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