Job brief: Senior Test Engineer, Cameras

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• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-14 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-14.
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What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $150,000 to $220,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: San Mateo, CA United States · Bay-HQ office
• Posted: 2026-03-19 · over 60 days ago

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The title says "Senior".

Must have

• Experience: 2–4+ years of System Test, Validation, or Automation experience focused specifically on embedded systems, IoT devices, or consumer hardware products.

Conditions

• Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it.
• As a part of the Camera Quality & Test Engineering Team, you will execute a hybrid validation strategy that combines rigorous system-level exploratory testing with the development…
• You will spend your time interacting directly with physical camera hardware in the lab, reproducing complex field edge-cases, capturing system logs, and writing code to automate r…
• Write, maintain, and execute automated test scripts (primarily in Python) to run against physical hardware in our test lab.

Main duties

• System-Level & Exploratory Testing
• Execute structured system validation test plans for release candidates to ensure core firmware functionality, network resilience, and seamless cloud connecti…
• Perform augmented and exploratory testing on new camera features, focusing on hardware-software integration (e.g., offline storage retention, streaming laten…
• Run repeated stress and longevity tests to identify memory leaks, thermal bottlenecks, and overall system degradation over time.
• Automated Test Development

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs across the U.S.: $159k a year (2,665 listings, 113 employers). This listing is 16% higher.
• Across Verkada's 273 open listings, 63% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Verkada hires

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