Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Acuity Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.

We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. We focus on customer outcomes and drive growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. We look to aggressively deploy capital to grow the business and to enter attractive new verticals.

Acuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates. Visit us at www.acuityinc.com.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Software Quality Engineer to take ownership of test automation for a growing portfolio of embedded Linux products used in professional AV environments. We need someone who can automate real system behavior — driving Q-SYS Designer, our Windows-based system design application, and exercising tests across physical hardware environments.

You will be embedded in our agile development team— shaping quality from the earliest stages of design through delivery. You will work alongside C++ and embedded Linux engineers and product owners to define what "done" looks like, raise quality concerns early, and build automation that increases coverage and confidence across a growing product line. The domain is AV — cameras, DSP processors, and system integration — but domain knowledge is a nice-to-have; we will support you in building it. The right person for this role can hit the ground running on automation and hardware-in-the-loop testing.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

Test Automation

• Build automation that drives Q-SYS Designer — our Windows-based system design application — to configure, deploy, and verify system behavior end-to-end; much of what we test today is done manually through Designer and that is the primary surface to automate
• Design and implement integration and system-level tests across complex, multi-device AV environments — spanning Q-SYS Designer, Q-SYS Core processors, cameras, and connected AV systems; this includes automating against real physical hardware, not just software under test
• Automate existing manual test cases, building a repeatable, scriptable suite that exercises real behavior — not checkbox coverage
• Write clean, maintainable test code — tests run in different contexts, whether exercised through Q-SYS Designer or deployed and executed directly on the device, and the same code quality bar applies in either case
• Deploy the automated test suite to validate camera manufacturer firmware releases — when vendors deliver new firmware, the goal is to run the suite rather than execute manual test plans; this is a near-term area where automation investment pays off directly
• Manage and maintain the physical camera test lab — hardware setup, device provisioning, cable management, and ensuring the test environment reflects real-world deployment configurations

Quality from Day One

• Work in JIRA alongside engineers to define acceptance criteria and test plans as features are scoped, not after they are built
• Push the team toward spec-driven development — raising testability concerns and edge cases before development begins, not after; we are moving in this direction and need someone who can help drive and accelerate that shift
• Identify which existing test cases are candidates for automation and build a prioritized roadmap to close that gap
• Participate in all scrum ceremonies — standups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and capacity planning — as a full team peer

Modernizing the Practice

• Build scripted, repeatable automation that increases the team's capacity to get broader test coverage across more products — moving from long, infrequent test cycles to regular, faster feedback loops
• Help design and build out the test automation infrastructure — the frameworks, patterns, and tooling that give the team a scalable foundation to grow test coverage from
• Champion AI-assisted testing workflows — applying tools like Claude, Copilot, or similar to test case generation, log analysis, script development, and test coverage analysis
• Define standards and patterns for how the team writes tests going forward — making automated testing the default, not the exception

Skills and Minimum Experience Required

• 3+ or more years of professional experience in software quality engineering or test automation
• B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
• Experience automating a GUI or desktop application — driving application behavior programmatically rather than by hand; this is the primary skill you will apply from day one
• Experience with system-level or integration testing across multi-component environments involving real hardware — not just unit or API testing; hardware-in-the-loop experience is a strong asset
• Strong scripting or programming ability in at least one language — Python, Node.js, Lua, or similar
• Comfort working in Linux environments at a practical level — navigating logs, running scripts, understanding process and system behavior
• Agile/scrum fluency — you need to show up as a peer in planning and design, not just verification
• A developer mindset about testing: test code is real code, automation is an engineering problem, and manual execution is a last resort
• Self-directed with high tolerance for ambiguity — this role requires building, not maintaining
• Ability to work on-site at our Boulder, CO lab as needed — this is a hybrid remote role; in-office presence is expected for hardware setup, device provisioning, and test environment maintenance; remote work is the norm outside of those windows

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience building or significantly extending test automation infrastructure from scratch or near-scratch — framework selection, organization, coverage strategy, and reporting
• Demonstrated use of AI tools in a testing or development workflow — we want to hear specifically where and how you have applied them (log triage, test generation, scripting, failure analysis, etc.)
• Experience leading the migration of manual test cases to scripted automation — you understand the scope, prioritization, and decisions involved in building that roadmap
• Involvement in spec-driven or requirements-driven development — and specifically experience advocating for and helping a team adopt that practice
• Experience working with or alongside C++ engineers on embedded or systems-level software — you understand the kinds of defects that occur at that level
• Familiarity with test management tools like TestRail
• Experience working with networked or distributed products and diagnosing network-level issues — familiarity with tools like Wireshark, multicast protocols, or IP video streaming is a meaningful differentiator for a team building networked AV devices
• AV or camera domain knowledge — helpful but not required; we will support you in building it

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