About the Role

Our software doesn't run in a data center or a browser tab. It runs on embedded Linux on constrained ARM hardware — seatback units, overhead displays, and cabin servers — installed by IFE OEMs and flying on commercial aircraft worldwide. Once a build ships, it can be months before it's updated.

That shapes how we test. We're looking for a QA Engineer who works close to the metal: flashing builds onto real target hardware, pulling logs over serial and SSH, profiling memory on a device with a fraction of your laptop's resources, and catching the defect before it's sitting in seat 32A at 38,000 feet.

What You'll Do

• Write and execute test plans and scripts against embedded target hardware, not just desktop or simulator builds.
• Maintain and test on physical hardware racks
• Run regression, integration, and system testing across multiple OEM platforms and hardware generations.
• Validate behavior under embedded constraints like limited RAM and storage, intermittent connectivity
• Work with OEM partners (Panasonic Avionics, Thales, Safran/RAVE, Viasat) to validate integrations and platform compliance.
• Reproduce defects, run root cause analysis, and file reports a developer can act on without a follow-up meeting.

Required

• Strong Linux fundamentals. Fluent at the command line, comfortable without a GUI, at home on a target system over SSH
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 2–5 years in QA or test engineering, with real time spent on embedded or resource-constrained devices, not only web or desktop.

Why This Role

The bugs you catch here can't be hotfixed in an afternoon. The work is technical, tangible, and it flies.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $75,000.00 - $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Compensation Package:

• Bonus opportunities
• Stock options
• Yearly pay

Experience:

• Linux: 2 years (Required)
• Embedded software QA: 2 years (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Irvine, CA 92618 (Required)

Work Location: In person