Software Test Engineer Jobs in Washington
Software Test Engineer jobs in Washington are in strong demand, concentrated in enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, aerospace systems, and defense technology, with openings at every level from entry-level QA analyst through senior automation engineer. Seattle, Bellevue, and Redmond anchor the majority of hiring, where major employers like Microsoft, Amazon, and Boeing have longstanding testing and quality assurance teams. Automation testing, API and performance testing, and embedded systems verification are the most consistently sought specialties across Washington listings. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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About Positron AI
Positron AI is building next-generation AI inference accelerators designed from the ground up for low-latency, high-throughput large language model inference. Chips built for the training era keep running into two walls at inference time: memory bandwidth and chip-to-chip networking. We designed our architecture to break through both. Our first-generation Atlas systems are already in production on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Asimov, our first custom ASIC, takes that architecture to silicon. In simulations, Asimov delivers several times more tokens per dollar and tokens per watt than leading GPUs, at a fraction of the power. Paired in our Titan system, Asimov is built to serve models beyond 16 trillion parameters. In September 2026, we raised $875 million at a $5 billion valuation. NEA led the round, joined by Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, and others, to bring Asimov and Titan to market. Our team includes engineers from Groq, Lambda, NVIDIA, Meta, F5, and many other industry leaders.
Role Overview
This role is based in-office at our Spokane Valley, WA location. Candidates must be able to work on-site as required.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain production-quality manufacturing tests in Go with clearly defined pass/fail criteria, actionable diagnostics, and thorough documentation.
- Develop hardware tests and diagnostics across PCIe/AER, CPU, memory, I²C, SPI, PRBS, NICs, BMC/IPMI/Redfish, and drive I/O.
- Build system-level functional, stress, reliability, and performance tests for Positron platforms.
- Translate platform requirements and failure modes into prioritized coverage plans with measurable pass/fail criteria, balancing defect detection, runtime, and repeatability.
- Validate test effectiveness against known-good hardware and representative failures, and maintain automated regression coverage as tests evolve.
- Investigate ambiguous failures and isolate root causes across hardware, firmware, and operating system boundaries.
- Partner with hardware, firmware, and manufacturing teams to close coverage gaps, and clearly communicate risks and tradeoffs across teams.
- Direct coding agents through well-scoped tasks to accelerate implementation, debugging, and test development, while retaining full accountability for design, correctness, code review, and hardware validation.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years demonstrated experience designing, shipping, debugging, and maintaining production-quality Go software, including concurrency, error handling, automated testing, and maintainable interfaces.
- Experience with FPGA, AI, Inference HW test.
- A strong understanding of computer architecture, including CPUs, memory, PCIe, storage, networking, and the interactions among hardware, firmware, and operating systems.
- Hands-on experience writing hardware tests and isolating failures across multiple domains such as PCIe/AER, CPU, I²C, SPI, memory, PRBS, NICs, BMC/IPMI/Redfish, and drive I/O.
- Proven ability to turn platform requirements and failure modes into prioritized coverage, measurable pass/fail criteria, and validation plans.
- Practical skill directing coding agents through well-scoped tasks, providing relevant context, critically reviewing generated changes, and verifying behavior through software tests and hardware validation.
- Senior-level engineering ownership, with the ability to independently drive test development and technical decisions and to communicate coverage gaps and tradeoffs across teams.
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar equivalent additional years of experience
Preferred Qualifications
- A track record of delivering and supporting hardware tests at contract manufacturers, including deployment, station qualification, documentation, and remote troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with analyzing manufacturing test data to improve coverage, reduce false failures, and shorten debugging time.
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines, automated regression infrastructure, and test release management processes.
Leveling & Scope
While this role is currently posted at a specific level, we are a growth-oriented organization and are open to hiring at a more senior level for the right candidate. Please note that this job description serves as a focused but generalized overview of the role; specific responsibilities and impact expectations will be tailored to the experience and seniority of the final hire.
What Success Looks Like
Success in this role means delivering production-ready hardware tests in Go that carry clearly defined pass/fail criteria, actionable diagnostics, automated regression coverage, and solid documentation, with their effectiveness proven against both known-good hardware and representative failures. It also means using agentic coding to accelerate implementation, debugging, and test development while remaining fully accountable for design, correctness, review, and hardware validation.
Why Join Us?
- Own the test software that stands between a new class of AI inference hardware and production, with direct influence on the quality of every system Positron ships.
- Work across the full stack, from PCIe and BMC to system-level stress testing, alongside hardware, firmware, and manufacturing engineers bringing Asimov and Titan to market.
Compensation & Benefits
Please note that the figures provided represent the base salary range only and do not include other elements of our total compensation package, equity, or comprehensive benefits.
At Positron AI, we value the unique expertise each candidate brings. While the range above reflects our typical expectation for the position, we reserve the flexibility to exceed this range for candidates whose specialized skills, significant experience, or unique qualifications fall outside the standard scope of the role. Final offers are determined based on a variety of factors, including internal equity, and individual impact.
Benefits & Perks
- Fully company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
- Company-paid life and disability coverage, with voluntary options to add more
- Supplemental hospital, critical illness, and accident coverage available
- Unlimited paid time off; we encourage everyone to truly unplug and recharge
- 13 paid company holidays
- Remote-first culture with a company-provided computer and home office setup
- Competitive salary and equity
- 401(k) with company matching, eligible from day one
Visa Support
Equal Opportunity Employer. If you're excited about the role but don't meet every bullet, we'd still love to hear from you.
About Positron AI
Positron AI is building next-generation AI inference accelerators designed from the ground up for low-latency, high-throughput large language model inference. Chips built for the training era keep running into two walls at inference time: memory bandwidth and chip-to-chip networking. We designed our architecture to break through both. Our first-generation Atlas systems are already in production on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Asimov, our first custom ASIC, takes that architecture to silicon. In simulations, Asimov delivers several times more tokens per dollar and tokens per watt than leading GPUs, at a fraction of the power. Paired in our Titan system, Asimov is built to serve models beyond 16 trillion parameters. In September 2026, we raised $875 million at a $5 billion valuation. NEA led the round, joined by Atreides Management, Valor Equity Partners, and others, to bring Asimov and Titan to market. Our team includes engineers from Groq, Lambda, NVIDIA, Meta, F5, and many other industry leaders.
Role Overview
This role is based in-office at our Spokane Valley, WA location. Candidates must be able to work on-site as required.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain production-quality manufacturing tests in Go with clearly defined pass/fail criteria, actionable diagnostics, and thorough documentation.
- Develop hardware tests and diagnostics across PCIe/AER, CPU, memory, I²C, SPI, PRBS, NICs, BMC/IPMI/Redfish, and drive I/O.
- Build system-level functional, stress, reliability, and performance tests for Positron platforms.
- Translate platform requirements and failure modes into prioritized coverage plans with measurable pass/fail criteria, balancing defect detection, runtime, and repeatability.
- Validate test effectiveness against known-good hardware and representative failures, and maintain automated regression coverage as tests evolve.
- Investigate ambiguous failures and isolate root causes across hardware, firmware, and operating system boundaries.
- Partner with hardware, firmware, and manufacturing teams to close coverage gaps, and clearly communicate risks and tradeoffs across teams.
- Direct coding agents through well-scoped tasks to accelerate implementation, debugging, and test development, while retaining full accountability for design, correctness, code review, and hardware validation.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years demonstrated experience designing, shipping, debugging, and maintaining production-quality Go software, including concurrency, error handling, automated testing, and maintainable interfaces.
- Experience with FPGA, AI, Inference HW test.
- A strong understanding of computer architecture, including CPUs, memory, PCIe, storage, networking, and the interactions among hardware, firmware, and operating systems.
- Hands-on experience writing hardware tests and isolating failures across multiple domains such as PCIe/AER, CPU, I²C, SPI, memory, PRBS, NICs, BMC/IPMI/Redfish, and drive I/O.
- Proven ability to turn platform requirements and failure modes into prioritized coverage, measurable pass/fail criteria, and validation plans.
- Practical skill directing coding agents through well-scoped tasks, providing relevant context, critically reviewing generated changes, and verifying behavior through software tests and hardware validation.
- Senior-level engineering ownership, with the ability to independently drive test development and technical decisions and to communicate coverage gaps and tradeoffs across teams.
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar equivalent additional years of experience
Preferred Qualifications
- A track record of delivering and supporting hardware tests at contract manufacturers, including deployment, station qualification, documentation, and remote troubleshooting.
- Familiarity with analyzing manufacturing test data to improve coverage, reduce false failures, and shorten debugging time.
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines, automated regression infrastructure, and test release management processes.
Leveling & Scope
While this role is currently posted at a specific level, we are a growth-oriented organization and are open to hiring at a more senior level for the right candidate. Please note that this job description serves as a focused but generalized overview of the role; specific responsibilities and impact expectations will be tailored to the experience and seniority of the final hire.
What Success Looks Like
Success in this role means delivering production-ready hardware tests in Go that carry clearly defined pass/fail criteria, actionable diagnostics, automated regression coverage, and solid documentation, with their effectiveness proven against both known-good hardware and representative failures. It also means using agentic coding to accelerate implementation, debugging, and test development while remaining fully accountable for design, correctness, review, and hardware validation.
Why Join Us?
- Own the test software that stands between a new class of AI inference hardware and production, with direct influence on the quality of every system Positron ships.
- Work across the full stack, from PCIe and BMC to system-level stress testing, alongside hardware, firmware, and manufacturing engineers bringing Asimov and Titan to market.
Compensation & Benefits
Please note that the figures provided represent the base salary range only and do not include other elements of our total compensation package, equity, or comprehensive benefits.
At Positron AI, we value the unique expertise each candidate brings. While the range above reflects our typical expectation for the position, we reserve the flexibility to exceed this range for candidates whose specialized skills, significant experience, or unique qualifications fall outside the standard scope of the role. Final offers are determined based on a variety of factors, including internal equity, and individual impact.
Benefits & Perks
- Fully company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
- Company-paid life and disability coverage, with voluntary options to add more
- Supplemental hospital, critical illness, and accident coverage available
- Unlimited paid time off; we encourage everyone to truly unplug and recharge
- 13 paid company holidays
- Remote-first culture with a company-provided computer and home office setup
- Competitive salary and equity
- 401(k) with company matching, eligible from day one
Visa Support
Equal Opportunity Employer. If you're excited about the role but don't meet every bullet, we'd still love to hear from you.
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What Washington Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in software test engineer jobs across Washington.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
- Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks such as Selenium, Pytest, or Cypress
- Proficiency writing test plans, test cases, and defect reports in tools like JIRA or Azure DevOps
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into build workflows
- Experience testing REST APIs using tools such as Postman or equivalent
- Knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies commonly used in Washington software teams
Software Test Engineer Jobs in Washington: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a software test engineer in Washington?
Software test engineering in Washington has no state-issued license or registration requirement, so the path runs through education and demonstrated technical skill. Most Washington employers expect a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field. Building hands-on experience with automation frameworks, earning widely recognized credentials like ISTQB, and assembling a portfolio of test projects or open-source contributions strengthens an application significantly in Washington's competitive tech market.
How much do software test engineers make in Washington?
Software test engineers in Washington earn a median of about $128,480 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $74,180 for the lowest 10% to over $202,730 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire software test engineers in Washington?
Employers hiring software test engineers in Washington right now include Apple, Amazon, and Blue Origin, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Washington's concentration of major technology headquarters and large aerospace and defense contractors means sustained, consistent demand for quality assurance and test engineering talent across the state.
Which Washington cities have the most software test engineer jobs?
Seattle, Redmond, and Bellevue have the most software test engineer openings in Washington. Seattle and Bellevue drive volume through their density of software product companies and cloud infrastructure teams, while Redmond reflects the sustained hiring footprint of Microsoft's campus, and other suburban Eastside cities contribute openings tied to enterprise software and aerospace contractors headquartered in the region.
Are there remote software test engineer jobs in Washington?
Yes, and more than most fields, because software testing work is inherently desk-based and tool-driven. About 33% of software test engineer openings tied to Washington are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how readily the role translates to distributed teams. Automation engineering and API testing roles are the most consistently offered as fully remote, while embedded systems and hardware-adjacent testing positions typically require an on-site presence.
How can I get hired as a software test engineer in Washington with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is an associate QA or junior test analyst role, which Washington technology companies and staffing firms regularly post as explicit new-grad positions. Microsoft, Amazon, and Boeing each run internship and rotational programs that include software quality and test functions. Moving laterally from a technical support, business analyst, or junior developer role is also a recognized route. An ISTQB Foundation certification and a portfolio of personal or open-source test automation projects give candidates a concrete edge in Washington's application pools.
Where can I find and apply to software test engineer jobs in Washington?
You can find and apply to software test engineer jobs in Washington on Migrate Mate, which lists current Washington openings. Find roles that fit your experience and location and apply directly to the ones that match.
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