Hardware Test Automation Engineer

About Centific

At Centific, people are at the center of our culture.We constantly seek out opportunities for people to enhance their skills,

and emphasize work-life balance for all our employees.We believe that competition can bring out the very best in people

– from our annual creative film and speech contests to our weekly office game tournaments,we mix work and play to engage our people and help our clients succeed.

About Job

Responsibilities

• Work with validation engineers to automate tests/analysis for V&V activities

• Build and extend Python test frameworks and libraries for device control, test orchestration, and data analysis

• Integrate tests into existing/new CI/CD pipelines

• Package and deploy test software to Linux, Windows, and macOS hosts

• Write and maintain device and instrument drivers (ADB, serial/UART, SCPI/VISA, DAQs)

• Integrate test stations/DUTs to a shared device farm for hardware-in-the-loop testing

• Support bring-up of test equipment and bench instruments

• Define fixture software interfaces, and work with external vendors on bring-up

• Build and maintain pipelines moving large volumes of test and image data from lab stations to cloud storage and queryable databases

• Build dashboards and alerts for product metrics, station health, and data pipelines

• Write unit-tested code and review changes from other engineers

• Build and extend AI tooling (agents, skills, etc.) to improve development/validation workflows

• Potentially up to 5-10% travel as needed to CMs in China

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

• 5+ years of software development experience, including hardware or system test automation

• Experience writing robust software in Python using industry best practices

• Previous experience onboarding to mature codebases, build systems, and CI, and contributing through code review

• Experience automating lab instruments/equipment

• Experience analyzing test data using scripts (matplotlib, pandas, etc.) or directly via SQL

• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills

• Professional oral/written proficiency in English, for code/design reviews and collaboration with a distributed team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in consumer electronics V&V

• Experience working in a large monorepo with build systems (ex Bazel)

• Familiarity automating tests on Android devices using ADB (Android Debug Bridge)

• Experience building automated data pipelines and dashboards

• Experience designing Python libraries or service APIs (e.g., gRPC/protobuf)

• Familiarity automating motion stages, robotic fixtures, or camera-based measurements

• Experience reading schematics and system block diagrams

• Experience building device farms or CI for hardware-in-the-loop testing

• Familiarity using AI tools (ex. Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex, etc.)

• Professional working proficiency in Mandarin, for collaboration with manufacturing partners

• Based in Penang Centific Office (long term dedicated engineering lab in Penang)

Centific is an equal opportunity employer. We aim to create an inclusive workplace and leverage the power of diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We do not discriminate or allow harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, disability, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, genetic information, military status or any other legally protected status. Workplace discrimination related to being pregnant and pregnancy-related harassment, including discrimination in the hiring process, is strictly prohibited in Centific Global Solutions.