Senior Automation Engineer - Florence
Pubblicato il 02-08-2026 - Shakers in Italia
Senior Automation Engineer (Firmware/Embedded) — Freelance | Florence
For a tech company in the payment systems sector, we're looking for a freelance Senior Automation Engineer specialized in firmware and embedded testing, to ensure the quality of products such as Outdoor Payment Terminals (OPT) and forecourt controllers.
What you'll do:
- Define test strategy and test plans from business requirements
- Design and execute automated tests on firmware, hardware-software integration and low-level embedded software
- Develop test software to automate regression testing and performance benchmarks
- Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines for faster releases
- Document test plans, results and releases, managing issue tracking and versioning
Requirements (essential):
- 5+ years of experience in hardware-software testing/development with structured methodologies
- 3+ years with Java or C++
- Degree in engineering/electronics
- Experience in firmware testing, hardware-software integration and validation of low-level embedded software
- Test automation frameworks (e.G. TestNG)
- Hands-on CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab CI)
- Proficiency in Linux (commands and scripting)
- Agile methodology
Nice to have: retail petroleum/payments sector, EMV/PCI DSS and cryptography, API testing (Postman, REST Assured) on middleware.
Logistics: freelance collaboration via Shakers. Florence (Osmannoro), on-site. Occasional travel may be required.