Foresite Labs · 1 day ago
Staff Engineer, QA and Verification
San Diego
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$175K/yr - $185K/yr
7+ years expForesite Labs is a venture-backed, stealth-stage biotechnology company based in San Diego, focused on developing novel technologies for clinical genomics. The Staff Engineer, QA and Verification will own verification infrastructure and testing, collaborating cross-functionally to ensure systems are testable and validated.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain test rigs and test beds for embedded and distributed systems
Own the day-to-day reliability and availability of test infrastructure
Debug and repair hardware, wiring, and interfaces to keep test systems operational
Evolve test rigs alongside changing hardware and software designs
Develop hardware-in-the-loop tests in Python and/or C/C++
Integrate real hardware, simulators, and test instruments into automated test flows
Validate system behavior across normal operation, edge cases, and fault conditions
Support continuous and regression testing on real hardware
Develop and maintain automated test frameworks using PyTest or similar tools
Write clear, maintainable, and extensible test code
Implement test orchestration, reporting, and result tracking
Ensure tests are deterministic, reproducible, and debuggable
Use logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and other lab tools to validate signals and timing
Diagnose failures across hardware, firmware, and software boundaries
Capture and analyze traces to support root-cause analysis
Develop lightweight GUI-based tooling for test jigs and operators
Build simple control and visualization interfaces (e.g., PyQt or similar frameworks)
Improve usability of test systems for engineers and technicians
Work cross-functionally with engineering teams to define verification strategies
Translate system requirements into verification plans and test coverage
Support system validation activities in medical device or biotech contexts
Contribute to documentation and evidence required for regulated development
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in QA, verification, test engineering, or similar roles
Hands-on experience building and maintaining test rigs for hardware–software systems
Strong experience with hardware-in-the-loop testing
Proficiency in Python and/or C/C++ for test development
Experience using PyTest or similar test frameworks
Comfortable using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other lab instrumentation
Ability to debug electrical, timing, and communication issues
Experience working with embedded systems and real hardware
Experience working in medical device, biotech, or other regulated environments
Familiarity with verification and validation (V&V) concepts and best practices
Ability to balance startup velocity with validation rigor
BS/MS in Computer Science or Engineering
Preferred
Experience building light-weight GUIs for test systems (e.g., PyQt or similar frameworks)
Experience integrating test systems into CI pipelines
Familiarity with requirements management and traceability
Experience validating distributed or real-time systems
Benefits
Competitive compensation and equity package
Comprehensive benefits
Flexibility to support work-life integration
Company
Foresite Labs
Foresite Labs is a biotechnology company. It is a sub-organization of Foresite Capital.
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageLeadership Team
Alex Blocker
CTO and Chief Data Scientist
Uplaksh Kumar
COO Foresite Labs and Venture Partner Foresite Capital
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