# Software Engineer, NPI

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** Austin, TX, New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Embedded Engineering
**Salary:** $269k – $317k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, Go, test automation, lab software, telemetry, benchmark automation, config management, Grafana, bmc, redfish, CI/CD
**Posted:** 2026-07-17

> Build and own software for hardware new product introduction at Fluidstack, including test orchestration, benchmark automation, data pipelines, and lab-to-fleet validation tooling. Requires experience with hardware test/lab software, turning manual workflows into pipelines, and production Python/Go.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build the software behind new product introduction: test orchestration, data capture, and analysis for new hardware.
- Ship the lab's tooling: benchmark automation, config management, and results databases the team runs on.
- Own the data: every qualification run captured, comparable, and queryable across platforms and time.
- Automate the path from lab to fleet: golden configs and validation suites packaged for deployment.

## Requirements
- Built test automation or lab software for hardware programs.
- Turned manual engineering workflows into pipelines.
- Handle hardware-shaped data: telemetry, logs, and measurements at volume.
- Write production-quality Python or Go and move fast with AI tooling.
- Sit with the engineers who use your tools and iterate.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Hardware test harnesses.
- Grafana and time-series.
- BMC and Redfish APIs.
- CI for hardware.

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