What are the responsibilities and job description for the Test Automation Architect position at MaxLinear, Inc.?
Responsibilities
MaxLinear is seeking a Test Automation Architect to join our Systems Integration Test team in the Valencia Design Center. This role focuses on designing scalable, reliable Python-based test frameworks to support automation and quality measurement for our cutting-edge embedded systems.
A test framework is a cornerstone of any robust testing process. Together with test repositories, it forms the test harness that enables automation. It encompasses coding standards, test-data handling, and object repository management—providing a structured approach to executing automated tests. A well-designed framework promotes code reuse, portability, and execution flexibility, while ensuring resource redundancy in cloud environments, data consistency, and the ability to track and implement project KPIs.
As part of the Systems Integration Test team, your mission is to ensure the quality, performance, and reliability of embedded software and communication systems delivered to customers. You will:
- Architect and evolve Python-based test frameworks for modularity, scalability, and reliability.
- Integrate test frameworks into CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with DevOps teams.
- Adapt and extend template-based test frameworks to meet project-specific needs.
- Define coding standards and architectural guidelines for test code.
- Collaborate with Automation Engineers on implementation strategy and repository management.
- Work with QA Engineers to incorporate KPI metrics and manage test artifacts.
- Interface with Hardware Engineers to support Design Verification Testing.
- Manage Python packages, libraries, and test framework repositories.
- Provide technical support to project teams for framework customization.
Qualifications
- Expert-level Python programming, with proven experience in backend architecture and API design.
- 10 years of experience in Python-centric software projects.
- 5 years as a software architect in Python-based environments.
- Strong knowledge of Linux systems.
- Fluent in English (written and spoken).
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Hands-on experience with:
- Git (version control)
- Jenkins (CI)
- Docker (containers)
- Cloud platforms
- Creative, organized, detail-oriented, and passionate about efficiency.
- Ability to quickly learn new technologies, toolkits, and languages.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Telecommunications, Electronics, or Computer Science Engineering.
Nice to have:
- Experience or knowledge in any of the following areas is a plus:
- Embedded systems development.
- Control interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART).
- Other scripting languages (e.g., Bash, Perl).
- QA methodologies and roles.
- Cloud-based test infrastructure.
- Agile development environments.
Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive Salary Package
- Stock-based compensation
- Private Medical Insurance
- Life Insurance
Company Overview
MaxLinear is a global, NASDAQ-traded company (MXL) where the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well. We are a fabless system-on-chip product company, striving to improve the world’s communication networks for everyone through our highly integrated radio-frequency (RF), analog, digital, and mixed-signal semiconductor solutions for access and connectivity, wired and wireless infrastructure, and industrial and multi-market applications.
We hire the best people in the industry and engage them in some of the most exciting opportunities that connect the world we live in today. Our growth has come from innovative, bold approaches to solving some of the world’s most challenging communication technology problems in the most efficient and effective manner.
MaxLinear began by developing the world’s first high-performance TV tuner chip using standard CMOS process technology. Others said we couldn’t achieve the extremely high-performance requirements using CMOS, but we proved them wrong and achieved enduring global market leadership with our designs. Since then, we’ve developed a full line of products that drive 4G and 5G infrastructure; enable data center, metro and long-haul optical interconnects; bring 10Gbit to the home; power the IoT revolution; and enable robust and reliable communication in harsh industrial environments. Over the years, we’ve expanded through organic growth and through several acquisitions that have perfectly complemented our existing portfolio and enabled us to deliver complete end-to-end solutions in our target markets. One such example was the acquisition of Intel’s Home Gateway Platform Division that added Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and Broadband Gateway Processor SoC technology to our connected home portfolio creating a complete and scalable platform of connectivity and access solutions to fully address our customers’ needs.
Our headquarters are in Carlsbad, near San Diego, California. We also have major design centers in Irvine and San Jose, California; Valencia, Spain; Bangalore, India; Munich, Germany; Israel; and Singapore.
We have approximately 1,200 employees, a substantial majority of whom have engineering degrees and include masters and Ph.D. graduates from many of the premiere universities around the world. Our employees thrive on innovation, outstanding execution, outside-the-box thinking, nimbleness, and collaboration. Together, we form a high-energy business team that is focused on building the best and most innovative products on the market.