QA Test Engineer

Location: Onsite role in our Boise, Idaho location

This is an onsite role in our Boise, Idaho location. All work will be performed on location at the HydroPoint offices in Boise; remote work assignments are not an option

Job Description Summary

HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc. is seeking a full-time QA Test Engineer to own quality across our IoT device ecosystem — from firmware on the device to data in the cloud. If you love digging into hardware-software boundaries, tracing data end-to-end, and building the test infrastructure that makes a product truly reliable, this role was designed for you.

You will be the sole QA engineer focused on our IoT devices — irrigation controllers, flow sensors, and connected components — and their full interaction with our cloud services. That means running functional and regression tests after every firmware change, validating that data flows correctly from the device through our cloud processing pipeline to the database, and querying that database directly to confirm everything behaves as expected. It also means testing our iOS and Android mobile apps as they communicate with devices over Bluetooth. You’ll work with real hardware in a real test environment, writing and maintaining Python-based automated test suites alongside hands-on device testing. And you’ll bring structure to the work — building test plans from specifications and defining strategy, not just executing against someone else’s checklist.

This is a high-ownership role for someone who thrives working closely with a development team, takes pride in shipping quality products, and cares about the mission: helping the world use water more wisely.

• Windows, Linux
• AWS Cloud Native Services (ECS, EC2, S3, Lambda, SQS, Kinesis, Redshift)
• C#, .NET Framework
• JavaScript, React
• SQL Server

Key Responsibilities:

• End-to-end functional and regression testing of IoT devices (irrigation controllers, IoT components, and Flow Sensors) following firmware changes, including validation of communication through cloud service data processing pipelines to the database.
• Query the database to verify data integrity and confirm expected device behavior end-to-end.
• Testing mobile iOS and Android applications that communicate with and control IoT devices, including Bluetooth connectivity between the mobile app and IoT hardware.
• Testing simple electrical interfaces and manage our environmental chamber.
• Create test plans from functional specifications and define test strategy for IoT device features and firmware releases.
• Execute automated test suites, maintain existing tests, and write new tests in Python to improve speed and coverage.
• Working with customer service and product to address escalation issues, bugs, and support requests.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, IEEE, or Quality Assurance related.
• Five (5) or more years of experience in software quality assurance
• Embedded software products testing
• Hardware functional testing
• IoT testing experience desirable
• Mobile and web application testing
• Experience developing and executing end-to-end tests exercising hardware, firmware, and Cloud-native services
• Familiarity testing native mobile apps on both iOS & Android
• IoT devices & hardware
• Python — writing, executing, and maintaining automated test suites
• SQL querying skills to validate data in relational databases and confirm device behavior
• Mobile application behavioral testing with IoT hardware

• Python
• Jira
• Confluence
• AWS
• Test Automation
• Irrigation background
• SQL skills
• Familiarity querying REST API
• Performance Testing

HydroPoint is the leader in smart water management solutions, helping companies to maximize water savings, reduce operating costs, minimize business risks, and achieve sustainability goals. An EPA WaterSense® Partner of the Year, the company combines the latest in IoT technology, data analytics, and automation to optimize irrigation, flow management, and leak detection across an entire site. HydroPoint solutions deliver visibility and control for a broad range of commercial, government, education, and community applications. Located in the San Francisco North Bay, HydroPoint has been helping the world save, and not waste, water for more than 15 years. Our mission is to make the best and most efficient use of our world's most important resource.

HydroPoint provides a competitive compensation package including salary, 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off and holidays, and comprehensive health benefits.

HydroPoint is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants in all company facilities without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental and/or intellectual disability, age, military status or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. HydroPoint participates in the E-Verify program as required by law.