Firmware Validation Technician II (Onsite)
Scottsdale · Arizona-HQ · 3+ years experience · Posted Oct 2, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 3+ years experience
- Location
- Scottsdale · Arizona-HQ
About the role
- You will be part of a high-impact engineering team that develops embedded software for Axon devices, ensuring critical evidence is captured during mission-essential moments.
- As a Firmware Validation Engineer I, you act as a key quality voice partnering with firmware, software, and hardware engineering to ship trusted products.
Responsibilities
- Own execution of release regression (manual and automated), exploratory testing, and impacted areas for individual new features.
- Design and maintain the test strategy for assigned products/domains, including test case creation, prioritization, and traceability from requirements to test cases.
- Partner with engineering under the shift-left model by reviewing dev-authored test plans and acceptance tests, flagging coverage gaps, and owning regression, exploratory, and specialized testing.
- Investigate and document defects, and represent QA in bug triage with reproducible evidence and customer-impact data.
- Lead release-readiness reporting including feature quality reports, test execution status, and production-vs-staging escape analysis.
- Identify and drive test tooling and process improvements such as dashboards, new test-equipment integrations, and AI-assisted test case generation.
- Coordinate with Engineering, PM/TPM, and hardware/RF labs to resolve scheduling, access, and documentation gaps.
- Manage multiple concurrent test cycles and releases with minimal oversight.
Requirements
- 3+ years in software, firmware, or hardware quality assurance / validation engineering
- Experience with embedded or connected-device products
- Hands-on experience with test case design, test execution, and automated testing methodologies
- Working experience within a test management and requirements-traceability practice using Jira, Zephyr Scale or equivalent, and log analysis tools
- Working knowledge of scripting/automation and CI/CD-integrated test frameworks
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience
Preferred qualifications
- Familiarity with hardware and environmental test methods: RF, GPS/GNSS, environmental chambers, and connectivity testing
- Experience using AI tools for test case generation, traceability, and test data analysis
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 401k with employer match
- Discretionary paid time off
- Paid parental leave for all
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Fitness Programs
- Emotional & Mental Wellness support
- Learning & Development programs
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- Snacks in offices
Workplace
- Onsite position in Scottsdale, Arizona
Skills
- Python
- Jira
- Zephyr Scale
- Splunk
- CI/CD
- GPS/GNSS
- Embedded Software
