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We are at the forefront of software and hardware innovation, pushing the boundaries of what is possible. Our culture is one of respect and collaboration.\nWe value humility and believe in direct communication. Our team is inclusive, and our differing perspectives allow for better solutions. We are seeking individuals passionate about tackling challenges and are driven by execution. Ready to come find your playground? Together, we can help shape the endless possibilities of AI.\nPrincipal Test Automation Engineer\nLocation: Santa Clara, Ca / Remote, US\nRole Overview\nd-Matrix is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to define and build how we use AI-enabled automation across the software development lifecycle, from build and CI through testing and release. Our codebase spans a kernel compiler, firmware, device drivers, and an inference serving stack running on silicon we designed ourselves. Tests require real hardware, correctness is numerical rather than pass/fail, and failures can originate in any of several layers. You will set the technical direction for AI-enabled workflow automation and build the foundations other engineers rely on, including the agent harness, integrations into GitLab, Jira, test results, and logs, guardrails, and evaluation methods that show whether an automation actually helped. You will stay hands-on and ship the hardest pieces yourself, working alongside a Senior/Staff engineer in the same area while raising the bar for how the broader engineering organization uses AI in its daily work.\nWhat You Will Do\nSet the technical direction for AI-enabled workflow automation across build, CI, test, and release.\n\nBuild the shared foundation, including the agent harness and tool integrations into GitLab, Jira, test results, logs, and observability data.\n\nDevelop evaluation methodology to measure whether an automation saves time and preserves correctness.\n\nDefine guardrails and standards for where AI acts autonomously, where it proposes and a human decides, and how every change stays auditable.\n\nDeliver the first Quality Engineering automations, including cross-layer failure attribution, failure clustering and defect deduplication, coverage-gap analysis, and release-readiness summaries.\n\nRaise the bar across engineering through shared patterns, design reviews, and mentoring.\n\nDetermine when an agent, a deterministic tool with a narrow model step, or a simple script is the right solution, and teach that judgment to others.\n\nWhat You Will Bring\nExtensive production software engineering experience, with strong Python skills.\n\nEnough Rust and/or C++ experience to understand build flows and diagnose compiler errors.\n\nExperience shipping AI-enabled tools or automation that others relied on in production, beyond demos.\n\nDeep hands-on experience with LLM APIs, agent harnesses, tool integration, and context engineering.\n\nExperience designing evaluations for nondeterministic systems, showing that an automation helped without breaking something else.\n\nSound judgment about when AI is the right tool, including examples of choosing not to use it.\n\nStrong fluency across the development lifecycle, including CI/CD, testing, and release processes.\n\nA track record of setting technical direction across teams that do not report to you.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExposure to compilers, firmware, or hardware-in-the-loop test environments.\n\nExperience building tool integrations with MCP or similar protocols.\n\nExperience working with GitLab, Jira, or Prometheus APIs.\n\nExperience managing cost and latency in LLM-based systems.\n\nDaily use of AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot, with well-formed opinions on where they help and where they do not.\n\nEqual Opportunity Employment Policy\nd-Matrix is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcomed and empowered to do their best work. We hire the best talent for our teams, regardless of race, religion, color, age, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, ancestry, genetic information, marital status, national origin, political affiliation, or veteran status. Our focus is on hiring teammates with humble expertise, kindness, dedication and a willingness to embrace challenges and learn together every day.\nd-Matrix does not accept resumes or candidate submissions from external agencies. We appreciate the interest and effort of recruitment firms, but we kindly request that individual interested in opportunities with d-Matrix apply directly through our official channels. This approach allows us to streamline our hiring processes and maintain a consistent and fair evaluation of al applicants. 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