SPAN
Renewable Energy
StaffSoftwareEngineer
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“Staff Software Engineer at SPAN. Skills: Test automation infrastructure, Hardware-in-the-loop, Data pipeline. Co-design test automation infrastructure. Diagnose automated test failures”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Proficiency building reliable tools and services in Python, Able to read and reason about C++, Rust, TypeScript, or similar, Experience with hardware-adjacent software, Experience owning internal platform infrastructure, Comfortable standing up new tooling from scratch, Experience operating CI/CD infrastructure
Nice to Have
Experience working in a startup environment, Experience working in the renewable energy industry, Experience with Ansible or similar configuration management, Experience with or preference for a rapid or continuous release cadence
What You'll Do.
Co-design test automation infrastructure
Diagnose automated test failures
Manage and grow hardware test rigs
Monitor hardware and software infrastructure health
Take architectural ownership
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with Software teams; Work closely with Device Software teams; Work closely with Hardware Engineering teams; Work closely with Systems teams; Work closely with QA teams
Communication Scope
Open communication
Full Job Description
OUR MISSION SPAN is enabling electrification for all ⚡ WE ARE A MISSION-DRIVEN COMPANY DESIGNING, BUILDING, AND DEPLOYING PRODUCTS THAT ELECTRIFY THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS, AND SLOW THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE. - Decarbonization is the process to reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide, from entering our atmosphere. - Electrification is the process of replacing fossil fuel appliances that run on gas or oil with all-electric upgrades for a cleaner way to power our lives. AT SPAN, WE BELIEVE IN: - Enabling homes and vehicles powered by clean energy - Making electrification upgrades possible - Building more resilient homes with reliable backup - Designing a flexible and distributed electrical grid THE ROLE As a Software Engineer, you'll play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our products through a combination of automated and manual testing methodologies. This is a high impact role that will work closely with SPAN’s internal Software, Device Software, Hardware Engineering, Systems, and QA teams. ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES As a Staff Software Engineer in Automation, you will be expected to: - Co-design test automation infrastructure with Systems and Test Infrastructure. Automation provides the platform and drivers; partner teams write the tests. - Diagnose automated test failures across firmware, hardware, and test infrastructure. - Help manage and grow a fleet of 50+ hardware test rigs across offices. - Monitor hardware and software infrastructure health. You will take architectural ownership of one or more of the team's critical systems. Examples of where you might focus: - Hardware-in-the-loop test execution: on-premise orchestration of test sequences on physical hardware, integrated into CI/CD for PR gating and release qualification. - Test data pipeline: telemetry ingestion from rigs, structured storage in PostgreSQL, reporting dashboards for release readiness and reliability. - Test executi
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