Remote Test Engineering Specialist Jobs
Remote test engineering specialist jobs are open across the U.S. in sectors like software development, defense, semiconductor design, and medical devices, at companies ranging from remote-first startups to large distributed engineering teams. Employers hiring remotely right now include LMI, Avaya, and Analog Devices. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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About Avaya
Avaya is an enterprise software leader that helps the world’s largest organizations and government agencies forge unbreakable connections.
The Avaya Infinity™ platform unifies fragmented customer experiences, connecting the channels, insights, technologies, and workflows that together create enduring customer and employee relationships.
We believe success is built through strong connections – with each other, with our work, and with our mission. At Avaya, you'll find a community that values your contributions and supports your growth every step of the way.
Learn more at https://www.avaya.com
Position Overview
As a Player-Coach Test Engineering Lead, you will lead a geographically distributed test engineering team while remaining a hands-on architect, coder and troubleshooter. You will own the engineering of a CI/CD-native quality system for cloud-based voice, media and contact-center platforms: functional automation, protocol- and traffic-level validation, synthetic monitoring, performance and chaos engineering. You will also transform conventional QA into an AI-enabled, continuously validating engineering capability. This is a player-coach role in a fast-paced, startup-like environment—not a coordination-only test management position.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor and grow a remote/distributed automation team; establish standards, technical direction, code review, delivery accountability and a visible engineering backlog while contributing production-quality code.
- Architect and implement Playwright-based UI/API automation, contract and integration tests, service-level tests, and end-to-end customer journeys. Select complementary tools for protocols and real-time media where browser automation is insufficient.
- Embed tests into GitHub Actions/Jenkins/Argo CD and GitOps delivery gates: pull-request checks, ephemeral environments, deployment verification, risk-based suites, release qualifications and fast failure feedback.
- Build reliable voice/media/contact-center test harnesses covering SIP signaling, RTP/SRTP media, WebRTC, IVR, agent interactions, call routing, conferencing, transfers, hold/resume, recording and messaging where applicable.
- Engineer continuous traffic generation and synthetic journeys across calling, messaging and API workflows; correlate functional outcomes with signaling traces, media quality, logs, infrastructure and service telemetry.
- Own performance engineering: workload modeling, load/stress/soak testing, concurrency, throughput, queue depth, latency, resource saturation, capacity limits and customer-experience thresholds.
- Introduce chaos/fault-injection scenarios (node failures, network impairment, dependency loss, rate limiting, failover, degraded media) with explicit blast-radius and rollback safeguards.
- Build agentic workflows for test generation, execution orchestration, flaky-test diagnosis, selective retesting, impact analysis, root-cause hints and self-healing pipelines; require auditable, reviewed repairs rather than silent assertion weakening.
- Drive observability-led troubleshooting using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Thanos, Alloy, OpenTelemetry, traces, packet captures and traffic analysis; debug failure across browser, API, network, Kubernetes, services and databases.
- Partner with platform, SRE, CloudOps, application engineering, security and release teams on security, zero trust, FedRAMP/PCI DSS/SOC 2 evidence, test-data protection and release readiness.
Required Experience
- 10+ years in software/test engineering or quality engineering, including meaningful technical leadership of remote or globally distributed engineers; demonstrable current hands-on coding.
- Strong Python, TypeScript/JavaScript or equivalent programming; Playwright and API/integration automation, testing architecture, maintainable frameworks and CI/CD integration.
- Hands-on load and performance tooling (e.g., k6, Gatling, JMeter or Locust), measurement interpretation and systems-level bottleneck investigation.
- Production or lab experience testing real-time voice/media or contact-center systems; ability to inspect SIP/RTP/WebRTC/HTTP traffic and reason about customer-visible outcomes.
- Cloud-native proficiency with Kubernetes, Linux, networking, TLS, DNS, ingress/API gateways, distributed systems and observability stacks.
- Experience applying AI coding tools or agentic workflows to real test engineering work, with validation and security controls.
- Ability to make pragmatic technical decisions and deliver iteratively under changing priorities without sacrificing reliability.
Preferred Experience
- Azure/GCP/AWS, Terraform, Helm, Argo CD/GitOps; Kafka, Redis, relational/document databases and event-driven architectures.
- Telephony and contact-center technology (SBCs, codecs, jitter, packet loss, MOS, call flows, dial plans, IVR and agent desktop).
- Experience with policy-gated autonomous remediation, MCP/tool orchestration, AI agent evaluation and protected test-data handling.
- Engineering in regulated environments with traceability and evidence supporting FedRAMP, PCI DSS or SOC 2.
Education
Pay Transparency
The pay range for this opportunity is from $179,127 to $234,100 + benefits. This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary plus bonus for this position. Actual total compensation will vary and is based on factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and competencies.
Sponsorship and Equal Opportunity
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Avaya is an Equal Opportunity employer and a U.S. Federal Contractor. Our commitment to equality is a core value of Avaya. All qualified applicants and employees receive equal treatment without consideration for race, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other protected characteristic. In general, positions at Avaya require the ability to communicate and use office technology effectively. Physical requirements may vary by assigned work location.
This job brief/description is subject to change. Nothing in this job description restricts Avaya right to alter the duties and responsibilities of this position at any time for any reason.
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About Avaya
Avaya is an enterprise software leader that helps the world’s largest organizations and government agencies forge unbreakable connections.
The Avaya Infinity™ platform unifies fragmented customer experiences, connecting the channels, insights, technologies, and workflows that together create enduring customer and employee relationships.
We believe success is built through strong connections – with each other, with our work, and with our mission. At Avaya, you'll find a community that values your contributions and supports your growth every step of the way.
Learn more at https://www.avaya.com
Position Overview
As a Player-Coach Test Engineering Lead, you will lead a geographically distributed test engineering team while remaining a hands-on architect, coder and troubleshooter. You will own the engineering of a CI/CD-native quality system for cloud-based voice, media and contact-center platforms: functional automation, protocol- and traffic-level validation, synthetic monitoring, performance and chaos engineering. You will also transform conventional QA into an AI-enabled, continuously validating engineering capability. This is a player-coach role in a fast-paced, startup-like environment—not a coordination-only test management position.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor and grow a remote/distributed automation team; establish standards, technical direction, code review, delivery accountability and a visible engineering backlog while contributing production-quality code.
- Architect and implement Playwright-based UI/API automation, contract and integration tests, service-level tests, and end-to-end customer journeys. Select complementary tools for protocols and real-time media where browser automation is insufficient.
- Embed tests into GitHub Actions/Jenkins/Argo CD and GitOps delivery gates: pull-request checks, ephemeral environments, deployment verification, risk-based suites, release qualifications and fast failure feedback.
- Build reliable voice/media/contact-center test harnesses covering SIP signaling, RTP/SRTP media, WebRTC, IVR, agent interactions, call routing, conferencing, transfers, hold/resume, recording and messaging where applicable.
- Engineer continuous traffic generation and synthetic journeys across calling, messaging and API workflows; correlate functional outcomes with signaling traces, media quality, logs, infrastructure and service telemetry.
- Own performance engineering: workload modeling, load/stress/soak testing, concurrency, throughput, queue depth, latency, resource saturation, capacity limits and customer-experience thresholds.
- Introduce chaos/fault-injection scenarios (node failures, network impairment, dependency loss, rate limiting, failover, degraded media) with explicit blast-radius and rollback safeguards.
- Build agentic workflows for test generation, execution orchestration, flaky-test diagnosis, selective retesting, impact analysis, root-cause hints and self-healing pipelines; require auditable, reviewed repairs rather than silent assertion weakening.
- Drive observability-led troubleshooting using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Thanos, Alloy, OpenTelemetry, traces, packet captures and traffic analysis; debug failure across browser, API, network, Kubernetes, services and databases.
- Partner with platform, SRE, CloudOps, application engineering, security and release teams on security, zero trust, FedRAMP/PCI DSS/SOC 2 evidence, test-data protection and release readiness.
Required Experience
- 10+ years in software/test engineering or quality engineering, including meaningful technical leadership of remote or globally distributed engineers; demonstrable current hands-on coding.
- Strong Python, TypeScript/JavaScript or equivalent programming; Playwright and API/integration automation, testing architecture, maintainable frameworks and CI/CD integration.
- Hands-on load and performance tooling (e.g., k6, Gatling, JMeter or Locust), measurement interpretation and systems-level bottleneck investigation.
- Production or lab experience testing real-time voice/media or contact-center systems; ability to inspect SIP/RTP/WebRTC/HTTP traffic and reason about customer-visible outcomes.
- Cloud-native proficiency with Kubernetes, Linux, networking, TLS, DNS, ingress/API gateways, distributed systems and observability stacks.
- Experience applying AI coding tools or agentic workflows to real test engineering work, with validation and security controls.
- Ability to make pragmatic technical decisions and deliver iteratively under changing priorities without sacrificing reliability.
Preferred Experience
- Azure/GCP/AWS, Terraform, Helm, Argo CD/GitOps; Kafka, Redis, relational/document databases and event-driven architectures.
- Telephony and contact-center technology (SBCs, codecs, jitter, packet loss, MOS, call flows, dial plans, IVR and agent desktop).
- Experience with policy-gated autonomous remediation, MCP/tool orchestration, AI agent evaluation and protected test-data handling.
- Engineering in regulated environments with traceability and evidence supporting FedRAMP, PCI DSS or SOC 2.
Education
Pay Transparency
The pay range for this opportunity is from $179,127 to $234,100 + benefits. This range represents the anticipated low and high end of the salary plus bonus for this position. Actual total compensation will vary and is based on factors such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills, and competencies.
Sponsorship and Equal Opportunity
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Avaya is an Equal Opportunity employer and a U.S. Federal Contractor. Our commitment to equality is a core value of Avaya. All qualified applicants and employees receive equal treatment without consideration for race, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other protected characteristic. In general, positions at Avaya require the ability to communicate and use office technology effectively. Physical requirements may vary by assigned work location.
This job brief/description is subject to change. Nothing in this job description restricts Avaya right to alter the duties and responsibilities of this position at any time for any reason.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote test engineering specialist jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related technical field
- Hands-on experience with automated test equipment and test fixture design
- Proficiency in scripting or programming languages such as Python, C, or LabVIEW
- Experience writing and executing test plans, test cases, and defect reports
- Familiarity with industry standards such as IPC, MIL-STD, or ISO 13485 depending on sector
- Strong analytical and root-cause analysis skills applied to hardware or software failures
Tips for Your Remote Test Engineering Specialist Job Search
Show your async collaboration skills upfront
Remote test engineering teams run on written communication. Highlight experience writing detailed bug reports, test plans, or defect summaries that teammates could act on without a live meeting. Mention tools like Jira, Confluence, or TestRail in your resume and cover letter.
Build a portfolio of automation work
Remote employers can't watch you work, so your code and documentation do the talking. Push test automation scripts, CI/CD pipeline configurations, or test case libraries to a public repository so hiring managers can evaluate your work directly before the first interview.
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote test engineering specialist openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your stack and apply directly without sifting through location-filtered results on general job boards.
Prepare for async technical screens
Many remote engineering teams use take-home assessments rather than live coding sessions. Practice writing clear, well-commented test scripts you can submit asynchronously, and document your reasoning as if a reviewer will read it without you present to explain your choices.
Remote Test Engineering Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote test engineering specialist job?
Remote test engineering specialist roles go to candidates who can demonstrate self-directed work without in-person oversight. Remote employers screen heavily for proficiency with test automation frameworks, defect tracking tools, and CI/CD pipelines, plus clear written communication for async teams. Documenting your test plans, automation scripts, or bug reports in a portfolio gives you a concrete edge over candidates who only list tools on a resume.
Which companies hire remote test engineering specialists?
Companies hiring remote test engineering specialists right now include LMI, Avaya, and Analog Devices, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These tend to be remote-first software firms, distributed defense contractors, and medical device companies with engineering teams spread across multiple locations.
Can you get a remote test engineering specialist job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level test engineering roles are harder to land because employers expect you to work independently from day one with minimal hand-holding. Smaller software companies and startups are more likely to hire junior remote testers. Showing a GitHub portfolio with automation scripts, contributing to open-source test projects, or earning a recognized testing certification can substitute for direct professional experience.
Do you need a degree for remote test engineering specialist jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers care more about demonstrated skills than a specific credential, particularly for roles centered on test automation, scripting, or hardware verification. A portfolio showing real test plans, automation frameworks you've built, or defect metrics you've owned often carries more weight than a diploma when hiring managers are evaluating remote candidates.
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