Sr. HIL Infra Automation Engineer

Who we are

Samsara (NYSE: IOT) is the pioneer of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, which is a platform that enables organizations that depend on physical operations to harness Internet of Things (IoT) data to develop actionable insights and improve their operations. At Samsara, we are helping improve the safety, efficiency and sustainability of the physical operations that power our global economy. Representing more than 40% of global GDP, these industries are the infrastructure of our planet, including agriculture, construction, field services, transportation, and manufacturing — and we are excited to help digitally transform their operations at scale.

Working at Samsara means you’ll help define the future of physical operations and be on a team that’s shaping an exciting array of product solutions, including Video-Based Safety, Vehicle Telematics, Apps and Driver Workflows, and Equipment Monitoring. As part of a recently public company, you’ll have the autonomy and support to make an impact as we build for the long term.

About the role:

Samsara’s Automation team enables an exceptional customer experience by building reliable products, identifying opportunities to improve customer experience, and engaging cross-functionally to resolve key issues. In this role, a successful candidate will help build our Automation Test Framework. This key role will enable teams to ship high-quality products, ship FW updates to our customers faster, and facilitate quality investigations.

This is a hybrid position requiring 2 days per week in our San Francisco, CA office and 3 days working remotely. This position may also be Remote-US or Remote-CA with a 25% travel requirement.

You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won’t be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.
• You’re energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.
• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-calibre team that will encourage you to do your best.

In this role, you will: 

• Develop an end-to-end automation strategy to facilitate testing activities throughout Samsara product life cycles.
• Preside over technical direction for the team, taking ownership for end-to-end delivery of solutions and mentoring junior team members.
• Identify opportunities to improve testing speed, quality and strategy by working closely with Firmware Engineering and QE.
• Architect and design software frameworks to meet the reliability, scalability, and performance requirements of our products. 
• Develop software to enable automation tools across Samsara’s current product portfolio and future designs. Integrate hardware infrastructure for simulation, hardware validation, and product development. 
• Ensure adoption of automation tools and frameworks by performing demonstrations, tutorials and proof-of-concepts with firmware and quality engineers.
• Create simulation environments to enable testing and data collection of all platform functionalities. 
• Create impact by deeply understanding the customer, their pain points, and recommending solutions.
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices.

Minimum requirements for the role:

• Five years of experience building automated test frameworks and software tools for product development and validation.
• Understanding of framework architectures and tradeoffs between efficiency, scalability, and performance.
• Software development experience.
• Participation in code reviews for Product/Feature code changes across all SWE departments.
• Experience creating and implementing hardware-in-the-loop simulation.
• Technical understanding of communication protocols (TCP, UART, and wireless).
• Ability to design and develop hardware infrastr