Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Role overview

Join TurbineOne as a Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET), owning the quality, reliability, and performance of the Frontline Perception System (FPS). You’ll build automated test frameworks and validate complex integrations across on-prem, air-gapped, and multi-platform deployments, supporting high-stakes national security environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain automated test frameworks for FPS across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Build end-to-end integration, regression, and performance test suites for multi-platform deployments (e.g., Linux, Windows, edge devices, containerized systems).
• Own verification/validation for on-premise, air-gapped, and customer-specific deployments.
• Create and maintain CI/CD testing pipelines for rapid iteration without sacrificing reliability.
• Develop deployment validation scripts and health checks for both infrastructure and application layers.
• Simulate comms-contested and resource-constrained environments to test resilience.
• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, and field integration teams to find edge cases and prevent production defects.
• Troubleshoot complex system-level issues across application, networking, containers, and hardware interfaces.
• Create reproducible test environments using virtualization and container orchestration tools.
• Document test strategies, deployment validation procedures, and release readiness criteria.
• Continuously improve testing methodologies as requirements evolve.

Typical day

• Write automated integration tests validating FPS workflows.
• Build/maintain CI pipelines that test containerized deployments before release.
• Spin up simulated air-gapped environments to reproduce and debug customer issues.
• Validate FPS across multiple OS and hardware configurations and design stress tests under limited bandwidth.
• Verify installation/configuration and system health via scripts; participate in release reviews.

Requirements

• 5+ years in software testing, quality engineering, or SDET roles.
• Strong programming skills, Python preferred, with experience building automated test frameworks.
• Experience testing on-premise, air-gapped, or enterprise deployments.
• Strong understanding of Linux and networking fundamentals (LAN vs WAN, SSH, IP, DHCP).
• Hands-on containerization knowledge: Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience validating software across multiple operating systems and hardware environments.
• Strong ethics, grit, integrity, and moral character.

Remote policy

• Fully remote, geographically flexible for a home office; occasional travel required.