Senior Quality Assurance Engineer, Smart TV

Roku, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Shenzhen, China

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• We are the New Product Introduction team responsible for introducing new Roku TVs to the market. We work on everything required to bring a new product to market from concept phase to mass production. We work with vendors and channel partners along with various teams within Roku to make sure we can bring high quality products to our customers.
• Roku is seeking a Senior QA Engineer to lead quality strategy for a Smart TV program, ensuring every device that reaches customers meets Roku's bar for reliability and performance. In this role, you will set the test strategy for your program, design comprehensive test plans and automated test scripts, and execute manual testing for new products and features. You will act as a technical lead within Quality Assurance, coordinating closely with firmware, product, and other engineering teams to keep releases on track and quality risks visible. You will drive adoption of AI-powered tools and workflows across the QA team, mentoring others and establishing standards that raise the bar for how the team works. You will represent QA in cross-functional forums, own release-critical projects independently, and provide clear, evidence-based feedback that improves quality across the organization. Your work will directly shape the reliability and performance of Roku TV products used by millions of households around the world.
• As a technical lead, you'll also drive AI adoption across your team, mentoring others and establishing repeatable standards that others can follow. We value your AI skills if have built fluency across the agentic engineering toolchain — coding harnesses like Claude Code or Cursor, MCP servers, custom skills, or agent frameworks. And you can describe projects where you shipped real work with these tools, including building AI tools and agents that streamline QA testing. You know how to drive an agent, verify its output, and ramp on an unfamiliar codebase with an agent helping you.
• The responsibilities of the role include:
• Create and execute automation and manual test plans for new products and features, leaning on automation wherever possible
• Develop new automation test scripts using Python or homegrown BDD/LLM tools
• Design, build, and maintain AI tools, skills, and agents that streamline QA testing and drive measurable improvements in cycle time, coverage, and escape rate
• Use agentic coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, and Copilot as your default approach for building, extending, and debugging test automation
• Convert existing manual test cases into reliable, repeatable automated tests
• Troubleshoot and analyze automation test results, identifying root causes to improve product and test quality
• Test compatibility with audio/video devices, Wi-Fi routers, and audio/video streaming file types
• Own and drive features, products, and devices to completion, leading QA representation across cross-functional teams and influencing release decisions
• Work cross-functionally with QA, hardware, and firmware development teams
• Partner directly with external partners such as SoC vendors and device manufacturers
• What experience would help someone be successful in this role at Roku?
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• 3+ years of test automation development experience
• 5+ years of experience writing and executing QA test plans for consumer electronics products
• Strong skills in formulating test strategy, designing test cases, and modifying and executing automated regression tests
• Experience with Python or an equivalent language for developing automated tests
• Experience with Linux
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
• Experience with a variety of testing techniques
• Experience generating and presenting quantitative reports
• Hands-on fluency with conversational AI tools (such as Claude or ChatGPT) and agentic coding tools (such as Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, or Codex), with the ability to describe a multi-tool workflow used for a recurring QA task
• Ability to build repeatable AI workflows, such as reusable prompt templates, custom skills, or agents that others can adopt
• Track record of introducing a new tool, workflow, or practice that a team adopted
• Experience leading QA projects and mentoring team members
• Strong written and spoken English
• Strong technical communication and team-building skills
• Experience with smart TVs, consumer audio/video devices, set-top boxes, or TV remote controls
• Experience with audio/video streaming and codecs such as HLS, MP4, MKV, or smooth streaming
• Experience with wired and wireless home networking

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• 3+ years of test automation development experience
• 5+ years of experience writing and executing QA test plans for consumer electronics products

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits include global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources
• Local benefits include statutory and voluntary benefits which may include healthcare (medical, dental, and vision), life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement options (401(k)/pension)
• Employees are supported in taking time off, in accordance with local leave policies and other personal needs to support their evolving work and life needs

Skills & Technologies

Python

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Senior

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About Roku, Inc.

Roku, Inc. is a pioneer in streaming technology. The company provides a platform for users to discover and watch TV, movies, and other video content through its streaming devices and smart TV operating system. Roku's business model is driven by hardware sales, advertising revenue generated on its platform, and content distribution partnerships. It operates in the consumer electronics and digital advertising industries, offering a wide range of streaming players and smart TVs that enable access to thousands of channels and apps. Roku's ecosystem facilitates content discovery and viewing for millions of users worldwide.

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