Test Engineer II

Opengear is a global leader secure, resilient remote management of critical IT infrastructure. Our solutions are trusted by tech unicorns and Fortune 100 enterprises to ensure uptime across sophisticated data centers, remote edge sites, and everything in between.

We are a global company, with a Brisbane, Australia based engineering team and Sandy, Utah based Operations team. Join us in designing the next generation of infrastructure management platforms to power hyper-scale AI data centers.

This position is located in Brisbane, Australia.

Position

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Firmware/Test Engineer to join our Sandy, Utah based team. In this role, you’ll contribute to the development, validation, and continual improvement of embedded device platforms. You’ll collaborate with hardware, firmware, and production teams to ensure high-quality, reliable products for global deployment.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role requiring strong technical problem-solving, test automation expertise, and cross-functional collaboration.

What You Will Do

• Write onboard tests to verify embedded device hardware for production and manufacturing.
• Analyze test data to detect failure trends and drive continual device improvement.
• Support the production floor by debugging test automation issues.
• Develop test automation software to support hardware device manufacturing and production testing.
• Report device design issues to ensure continual product improvement.
• Validate device firmware releases against manufacturing and production automation.

Who You Are and What You Bring

• 2+ years of experience in embedded firmware development using C/C++ in embedded Linux, preferably with the Yocto Project.
• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• Experience working with embedded Linux systems.
• Familiarity with wireless communication protocols (LTE, 5G).
• Experience with ARM processors and firmware development tools.
• Proficiency in debugging embedded systems using JTAG, SWD, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
• Understanding of secure firmware development and OTA update mechanisms.
• Experience with networking protocols.
• Familiarity with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Desired Skills

• Tenacity to identify and resolve the root cause of issues.
• Ability to debug hardware components for root cause analysis.
• Perform design-for-manufacturing reviews of printed circuit boards.
• Embedded Linux driver development and debugging.
• Test software automation development, primarily using Python.
• Robot Framework test development.
• Web UI development for testing and automation systems.

Opengear, a Digi Company, offers a distinctive Total Rewards package including new hire stock award, paid parental leave, and hybrid work environment.

At Digi, we embrace diversity and inclusion among our teammates. It is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are committed to providing an environment of respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates.

Applicants must have the right to work permanently in Australia.