Senior QA Automation Engineer, Sonatus
Cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles
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Cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
101-200 employees
Company mission
To accelerate automotive innovation
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in QA automation, including UI and API testing
- Strong Python skills: pytest, unittest, Selenium, or Playwright
- Hands-on experience in API testing (manual and automated)
- Good SQL/database testing experience (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar)
- Familiarity with REST APIs, HTTP status codes, and request debugging tools (e.g., Postman, curl)
- Git-based workflow experience (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
- Designed and implemented AI-powered web-based product testing, including chatbot query response validation, stress testing, soak testing, and scenarios related to LLM (Large Language Model) performance and reliability
- Basic understanding of AI/ML pipelines, especially around input/output validation
Desirable
- Experience with pytest-playwright or Robot Framework
- Test reporting tools like TestRail, Jama
- Docker, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), and CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with OCR, LLM-based testing, or natural language parsing
- Some Automotive testing-related experience
What the job involves
- We are seeking a QA Engineer with experience in Python-based automation, web UI testing (Playwright or Selenium), API validation, and automotive systems
- In this role, you'll validate AI-driven systems—from diagnostic tools to predictive platforms
- You'll be deeply involved in test automation, AI/ML validation, API reliability, and UI consistency, ensuring that our AI-powered automotive products are safe, performant, and user-friendly
- Design and implement end-to-end automated tests using Playwright or Selenium in Python
- Create and maintain API tests for RESTful services using tools like pytest, requests, or Postman
- Write SQL queries to validate data integrity across relational and time-series databases. Basic SQL queries
- Test AI/ML pipelines, including PDF/text extraction and chatbot answer evaluation
- Validate integration between web-based tools, vehicle Data, backend systems, and cloud services
- Participate in test planning, story grooming, and define acceptance criteria with product and engineering
- Debug test failures, log bugs clearly in Jira, and collaborate with developers to resolve issues
- Build CI pipelines for automated test runs and reporting (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar)
Our take
Software-defined vehicles represent the biggest innovation in automobiles for decades, but there are large obstacles in the way of their growth. The software that defines such vehicles requires over-the-air (OTA) updates and other forms of maintenance, which can quickly become a time-consuming and resource-intensive process.
Sonatus develops cloud-based solutions for software-defined vehicles, providing a platform called Digital Dynamics that empowers automakers to harness vehicle data, add feature updates, diagnose problems, and maintain vehicle infrastructure wirelessly and in real time. The company achieves its flexibility through cloud-empowered data infrastructure, no-code software solutions, and working closely with clients.
Whilst the company faces competition from other IoT vehicle software companies, Sonatus shows great potential to compete through its all-in-one approach. This has earned it impressive funding, which supports further development and the increase of production volume, as well as the company's expansion into the Japanese market.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Dec 2022
$75m
SERIES A
Jul 2021
$35m
SERIES A
Total funding: $110m
Company benefits
- Stock option program
- Flexible working arrangements
- Unlimited PTO
- Comprehensive benefits with generous allowance
- Free in-office food & snacks!
Company HQ
Sunnyvale, CA
Leadership
Jeffrey Chou
(Co-Founder & CEO)Experience as Senior Director of Engineering for Nuova Systems. Founder of Diamanti, where they were CEO and now serve as a Board Member.
Yu Fang
(Co-Founder & CTO/CPO)Head of Mobile Engineering for NAUTO from 2016 to 2018. Experience as CTO of CARDFREE.
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