Staff System Test Automation Engineer (AI)

Location: Detroit, MI; other locations may be remote. The role is based on-site at the customer's engineering facility.

Base salary: $156,000–$214,000 USD annually.

Company

hirify.global develops AI-enabled software-defined vehicle technology used by automotive OEMs in embedded and cloud-connected vehicle environments.

What you will do

• Define testing strategies and develop and execute detailed automated and manual test plans.
• Validate AI model deployment, testing, monitoring, and scoring across embedded and cloud environments.
• Triage integration issues, reproduce problems, and support root-cause analysis and solutions.
• Track testing activities, align stakeholders, and escalate software, hardware, or resource risks.
• Improve test coverage and methodologies, review product requirements and specifications, and act as the release quality gatekeeper.
• Serve as the on-site technical point of contact while collaborating across organizational boundaries and with development teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field is required; a master's degree is preferred.
• At least 5 years of embedded software experience in data centers, networking, security, cloud services, or automotive, including at least 1 year of AI model development and testing.
• Experience with system-level testing of physical devices and end-to-end testing of cloud-controlled or monitored embedded products.
• Strong knowledge of AI fundamentals, neural networks, model deployment, and ML flow.
• Experience with cloud-platform quality assurance across private and public cloud infrastructure.
• Linux command-line familiarity and shell scripting proficiency.
• Ability to develop, review, and modify Python scripts to improve test coverage.
• Experience designing and implementing AI/ML test automation and deployment tools.
• Proficiency with test methodologies and familiarity with PyTest, Playwright, Behave, or similar frameworks.
• Proficiency with JIRA, Jenkins, or similar tools.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with test tools used in data analytics.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with diverse teams on innovative automotive and cloud projects in a self-directed, hands-on role.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Flexible and dependent care expense program, life insurance, and a 401(k) retirement plan.
• Unlimited paid time off and 14 or more paid holidays.
• Wellness allowance, phone and internet reimbursement, and computer accessory allowance.