Firmware Test Engineer - {167632}

Firmware Test Engineer Location: Longmont, CO 80501 Pay Rate: $32.00 – $48.00 per hour Schedule: Full-Time | Onsite If interested, please email your resume to LKOPASZ@ALINESTAFFING.com No third-party candidates Job Summary We are seeking a Firmware Test Engineer to support validation and quality assurance for SSD firmware features and system behavior across multiple platforms. In this role, you will design and execute test scripts, analyze test results, and collaborate closely with firmware and system design teams to ensure product performance, reliability, and protocol compliance. The ideal candidate has experience with firmware validation, automated test development, and debugging complex system interactions within embedded systems or storage technologies. Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and debug automated test scripts for SSD firmware based on design specifications and feature requirements. Develop and maintain grey-box, black-box, and white-box test cases to validate firmware functionality and system behavior. Test firmware features including FTL/backend algorithms and cross-feature interactions under real-world workloads and stress conditions. Execute functional, reliability, performance, and protocol-level validation testing. Analyze test results and collaborate with firmware engineers to identify root causes and resolve issues. Manage the end-to-end test development lifecycle in JIRA, including user stories, integration tasks, and defect tracking. Ensure clear traceability between requirements, test cases, and reported defects. Collaborate with global validation teams to align testing coverage and support customer-facing and system-level validation scenarios. Contribute to improvements in validation tools, workflows, and processes to increase testing efficiency and defect detection. Required Qualifications Experience in firmware testing, validation, or embedded systems testing. Knowledge of automated test development and scripting. Experience executing functional, performance, reliability, and protocol validation tests. Familiarity with JIRA or similar issue tracking systems. Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Ability to collaborate effectively with firmware and system engineering teams. Preferred Qualifications Experience testing SSD or storage firmware. Understanding of FTL (Flash Translation Layer) or storage backend algorithms. Familiarity with protocol compliance testing and system-level validation. Experience working with cross-functional and global engineering teams. Compensation $32.00 – $48.00 per hour Opportunity to work on advanced firmware and storage technology development. If interested, please email your resume to LKOPASZ@ALINESTAFFING.com No third party candidates