--- title: 'Senior/Staff Embedded Test Engineer at BrightAI Corporation' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-staff-embedded-test-engineer-brightai-corporation-palo-alto-6zjgf8gjp1ww' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-08' --- # Senior/Staff Embedded Test Engineer at BrightAI Corporation - **Company:** BrightAI Corporation - **Location:** Palo Alto, CA - **Posted:** 2026-07-17 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/brightai/jobs/6001156004 ## Job description Job Overview We are seeking an experienced Senior or Staff Embedded Test Engineer with 10+ years of experience specializing in Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystems. In this role, you will validate the end-to-end connectivity, functionality, security, and reliability of our smart devices, bridging the gap between physical hardware, edge firmware, and cloud platforms. You will design automated edge-tocloud test setups, simulate necessary test environments, and ensure flawless wireless communication under real-world conditions. ## Key Responsibilities IoT Test Strategy & Network Simulation Edge-to-Cloud Validation: Design test strategies covering the entire IoT data path from physical sensors to cloud databases and user applications. Network Simulation: Set up test benches to simulate varying network conditions, packet loss, high latency, and intermittent connectivity. Scale & Stress Testing: Conduct fleet-scale simulation to evaluate how cloud infrastructure handles concurrent data bursts from thousands of edge nodes. Automation & CI/CD Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL): Build and maintain automated HIL test rigs for continuous testing of connected products. API Testing: Automate verification of cloud APIs. DevOps Integration: Embed automated hardware connectivity tests directly into GitLab CI/CD delivery pipelines. Wireless, Protocol, & Power Verification RF & Wireless Testing: Validate wireless performance across protocols like BLE, Wi-Fi, LoRaWAN, and Cellular. Protocol Analysis: Intercept and analyze network traffic using Wireshark to verify MQTT, CoAP, HTTP, and Protobuf payloads. Power Profiling: Measure microampere battery consumption during active transmission, sleep states, and deep sleep modes to verify battery-life targets. IoT Security & Resilience Security Auditing: Conduct vulnerability testing, including firmware reverse engineering resistance, secure boot verification, and certificate rotation. Encryption Validation: Ensure all data-at-rest and data-in-transit utilizes appropriate TLS, AES, or ECC encryption standards. OTA Update Validation: Rigorously test Over-the-Air (OTA) firmware update mechanisms against power interruptions, corrupted payloads, and rollbacks. Required Qualifications & Skills Experience 10+ years of experience in embedded systems QA, with at least 5 years focused specifically on connected IoT products. Proven track record of testing and deploying commercially successful smart home, industrial IoT (IIoT), or wearable devices. Technical Skills IoT Protocols: Advanced knowledge of messaging protocols (MQTT, CoAP, HTTPS) and wireless stacks (Wi-Fi, BLE, NB-IoT). Languages: Python and solid understanding of C/C++. Cloud Infrastructure: Practical testing experience with major IoT cloud suites (e.g., AWS IoT Core, Azure IoT Hub, or Google Cloud IoT). Network & Hardware Tools: Mastery of Wireshark, logic analyzers, digital multimeters, and specialized RF network analyzers/attenuators. Embedded OS: Deep familiarity with IoT-focused operating systems like Zephyr RTOS, FreeRTOS, Embedded Linux, or Mbed OS. ## About BrightAI Corporation ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: BrightAI provides a Physical AI platform that makes the invisible state of critical infrastructure visible and actionable, enabling proactive operations. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A, $51M raised in July 2025) - **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, United States - **Founded**: 2019 - **Founders**: Alex Hawkinson, Nathan Hanks ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: AI-powered critical infrastructure management - **Target Customers**: B2B/Enterprise – owners and operators of essential services in water, power, gas compression, pest control, HVAC, and manufacturing - **Mission/Purpose**: “Beyond human capacity—we take advanced AI and autonomous technology and make the invisible state of physical infrastructure visible and actionable.” ## Products & Services - **[Stateful Platform](https://bright.ai/)**: An edge AI platform that ingests sensor data and existing operational records to provide continuous monitoring, root-cause diagnosis, automated dispatch instructions, and machine learning. Deployed across physical assets and environments. - **Workforce Wearables & Copilots**: Real-time AI-powered insights, communication, and operational support for field workers. - **Asset & Site Visibility**: Real-time monitoring and proactive asset management for long-term system reliability. - **Autonomous Inspection**: Safe, reliable data collection from remote and hard-to-access sites using robots and drones. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metrics**: - **Annual Revenue**: $75M (estimated, per LinkedIn data) - **Total Funding**: $66M (Seed $15M in Nov 2024, Series A $51M in July 2025) - **Headcount**: 103 employees (+121.7% YoY) - **Deployments**: 250K+ Stateful AI endpoints in the field; 50K+ locations in operating environments - **Notable Investors/Partners**: - Series A lead investors: Khosla Ventures, Inspired Capital - Partners: Industry leaders in infrastructure (specific names not disclosed) - **Growth Signals**: - Surpassed $100M milestone (likely an operating or revenue metric) in mid-2025 - Added senior leaders from Microsoft, Evernote, and Intel in June 2025 - 15 active job openings; monthly job posting growth +114.3%, yearly +650% ## Competitive Advantages - **Proactive vs. Reactive**: Shifts infrastructure management from emergency repairs to continuous, predictive AI-driven operations. - **Full-Stack Physical AI**: Combines edge computing, computer vision, LLMs, time-series signal processing, and robotics into one platform. - **Founder Expertise**: CEO Alex Hawkinson previously founded SmartThings (acquired by Samsung) and co-founded EfficientAI and OurSky. - **Real-World Scale**: Proven across 50K+ harsh environments (pipelines, power poles, mining vehicles). ## Strategic Focus - **Scale Edge AI Deployments**: Accelerate adoption of the Stateful Platform across more infrastructure sectors globally. - **Expand Leadership & Talent**: Strengthen executive team with deep tech and IoT experience to support rapid growth. - **Deepen Autonomous Capabilities**: Invest in computer vision, LLM/RAG, time-series signal processing, and robotics to further reduce human intervention in inspection and dispatch. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Values “Curious, Relentless, Collaborative, Impactful.” Emphasis on hands-on problem solving, ownership, and leaving a legacy. - **Work Model**: Distributed team across the US (San Francisco to New York); remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated but likely flexible given nationwide team. - **Engineering Environment**: Deep talent pool across AI, embedded systems, cloud, and robotics; engineers work on cutting-edge physical AI problems. - **Growth Stage**: High-growth company with 121.7% headcount growth YoY and substantial funding, offering career acceleration. ## Sources 1. [BrightAI Homepage](https://bright.ai/) 2. [BrightAI About Us](https://bright.ai/about-us/) 3. [BrightAI Careers Page](https://bright.ai/careers/) 4. [BrightAI Job Board (Greenhouse)](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/brightai) 5. 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