Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Acuity Inc. is seeking a Software Quality Engineer to own test automation for embedded Linux products used in professional AV environments. The role builds end-to-end automation across Q-SYS Designer and physical hardware, contributes to quality planning throughout agile development, and helps modernize the team’s testing infrastructure and practices.

Responsibilities:

• Build automation that drives Q-SYS Designer — our Windows-based system design application — to configure, deploy, and verify system behavior end-to-end; much of what we test today is done manually through Designer and that is the primary surface to automate
• Design and implement integration and system-level tests across complex, multi-device AV environments — spanning Q-SYS Designer, Q-SYS Core processors, cameras, and connected AV systems; this includes automating against real physical hardware, not just software under test
• Automate existing manual test cases, building a repeatable, scriptable suite that exercises real behavior — not checkbox coverage
• Write clean, maintainable test code — tests run in different contexts, whether exercised through Q-SYS Designer or deployed and executed directly on the device, and the same code quality bar applies in either case
• Deploy the automated test suite to validate camera manufacturer firmware releases — when vendors deliver new firmware, the goal is to run the suite rather than execute manual test plans; this is a near-term area where automation investment pays off directly
• Manage and maintain the physical camera test lab — hardware setup, device provisioning, cable management, and ensuring the test environment reflects real-world deployment configurations
• Work in JIRA alongside engineers to define acceptance criteria and test plans as features are scoped, not after they are built
• Push the team toward spec-driven development — raising testability concerns and edge cases before development begins, not after; we are moving in this direction and need someone who can help drive and accelerate that shift
• Identify which existing test cases are candidates for automation and build a prioritized roadmap to close that gap
• Participate in all scrum ceremonies — standups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and capacity planning — as a full team peer
• Build scripted, repeatable automation that increases the team's capacity to get broader test coverage across more products — moving from long, infrequent test cycles to regular, faster feedback loops
• Help design and build out the test automation infrastructure — the frameworks, patterns, and tooling that give the team a scalable foundation to grow test coverage from
• Champion AI-assisted testing workflows — applying tools like Claude, Copilot, or similar to test case generation, log analysis, script development, and test coverage analysis
• Define standards and patterns for how the team writes tests going forward — making automated testing the default, not the exception

Requirements:

• 3+ or more years of professional experience in software quality engineering or test automation
• B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
• Experience automating a GUI or desktop application — driving application behavior programmatically rather than by hand; this is the primary skill you will apply from day one
• Experience with system-level or integration testing across multi-component environments involving real hardware — not just unit or API testing
• Strong scripting or programming ability in at least one language — Python, Node.js, Lua, or similar
• Comfort working in Linux environments at a practical level — navigating logs, running scripts, understanding process and system behavior
• Agile/scrum fluency — you need to show up as a peer in planning and design, not just verification
• A developer mindset about testing: test code is real code, automation is an engineering problem, and manual execution is a last resort
• Self-directed with high tolerance for ambiguity — this role requires building, not maintaining
• hardware-in-the-loop experience is a strong asset
• Experience building or significantly extending test automation infrastructure from scratch or near-scratch — framework selection, organization, coverage strategy, and reporting
• Demonstrated use of AI tools in a testing or development workflow — we want to hear specifically where and how you have applied them (log triage, test generation, scripting, failure analysis, etc.)
• Experience leading the migration of manual test cases to scripted automation — you understand the scope, prioritization, and decisions involved in building that roadmap
• Involvement in spec-driven or requirements-driven development — and specifically experience advocating for and helping a team adopt that practice
• Experience working with or alongside C++ engineers on embedded or systems-level software — you understand the kinds of defects that occur at that level
• Familiarity with test management tools like TestRail
• Experience working with networked or distributed products and diagnosing network-level issues — familiarity with tools like Wireshark, multicast protocols, or IP video streaming is a meaningful differentiator for a team building networked AV devices
• AV or camera domain knowledge — helpful but not required