Building Automation Engineer Jobs in California (NOW HIRING)

At Fellow, we're on a mission to help people brew ridiculously good coffee at home. But we're more than just beautifully designed kettles and grinders-we're a brand built on innovation, community, and culture. We believe great coffee isn't just about the final cup; it's about the experience, the ritual, and the people who make it all happen.

We're looking for an Automation Engineer (CI/CD, Firmware, Mobile, Backend) to support hardware product development and testing. 

This role is based in our office in San Francisco, CA and is required to be in-office 4 days per week. 

We are seeking a highly skilled Automation Engineer to design, build, and maintain end-to-end CI/CD pipelines that automate testing, deployment, and release workflows across software, firmware, mobile applications, and AWS-based backend services. This role requires deep experience in test automation, hardware-integrated testing, and the ability to work with system logs and external measurement devices. You will also play a key role in enabling intelligent debugging by integrating test outputs with AI-based analysis tools.

CI/CD & Automation Frameworks

• Design and implement scalable CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, deployment, and release processes for:
• Embedded firmware
• Mobile applications
• Cloud-based backend services (AWS)
• Maintain and optimize automation frameworks to support continuous integration and delivery across multiple platforms.
• Firmware Automation
• Implement automated workflows to:
• Enforce coding style and static analysis checks
• Execute unit tests
• Compile firmware codebases from GitHub
• Flash firmware onto physical devices
• Run automated functional and integration test cases
• Collect, normalize, and forward device logs and test results to AI agents for debugging and root-cause analysis

Mobile Application Automation

• Build automated pipelines to:
• Perform coding style and lint checks
• Run unit tests
• Deploy builds from GitHub to test environments
• Install applications on physical test phones
• Execute automated UI and functional test cases
• Aggregate logs and test artifacts and pass them to AI agents for debugging

Backend Automation (AWS)

• Develop automation to:
• Enforce coding standards and static analysis
• Run unit and integration tests
• Deploy services from GitHub to test environments
• Execute automated backend test suites
• Capture logs, metrics, and traces and forward them to AI agents for intelligent analysis

Hardware & Data Integration

• Design and maintain automated tests that integrate:
• Hardware device logs
• Data from external measurement devices such as sensors, scales, or other instrumentation
• Ensure reliable data capture, synchronization, and validation across hardware and software systems.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 7+ years of experience in test automation, CI/CD, or automation engineering roles
• Proficiency in automation scripting (Python or similar)
• Hands-on experience with hardware-integrated automation testing
• Strong experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI)
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills in complex, multi-system environments
• Proven experience with hardware automation, including tests that integrate machine logs and data from external measurement devices such as sensors and scales
• Familiarity with Git-based workflows and version control best practices
• Ability to design robust, repeatable, and scalable test automation systems
• Expertise in log collection, processing, and analysis

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience working across firmware, mobile, and backend systems
• Familiarity with embedded systems, RTOS, or low-level firmware development
• Experience with mobile automation frameworks (e.g., Appium, XCTest, Espresso)
• Experience with cloud-native testing, observability, and monitoring tools
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience working in IoT, consumer electronics, or hardware-software integrated products
• Experience integrating automation outputs with AI or ML-based debugging/analysis tools
• Experience with firmware build systems, flashing tools, and device communication
• Hands-on experience automating mobile application testing on real devices
• Strong understanding of AWS-based backend services and deployment workflows
• Experience with test frameworks for unit, integration, and system testing

Salary Range: $165,000- $185,000

Our highest goal at Fellow is creating a safe, inclusive, and rewarding environment where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and thrive. We are committed to building diverse teams and strongly encourage people from underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply. 

Fellow is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, medical condition or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.