Systems Test Engineer
Core
Lead simulation-driven testing, automation, and software quality efforts for Hivemind autonomy software to validate reliability, safety, and performance across simulated and real-world mission environments.
Role type
Senior Test Engineer (Software & Simulation Focus)
Builds
Automated test frameworks, tools, and validation harnesses for autonomy software
Domain
Defense technology / Autonomous systems / Robotics
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) / Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) / Vehicle-in-the-Loop (VIL) testing, Simulation environments, Automated regression testing, Integration testing, System-level testing, Debugging, Test plan creation, CI/CD integration
Preferred skills
Robotics, Small UAS, Intelligent aircraft systems
Technologies
Python, CI/CD pipelines
Responsibilities
Develop automated regression, integration, and system-level tests; Identify, reproduce, and diagnose software issues; Create and execute test plans for autonomy software; Design and maintain simulation-based test frameworks; Build tools and utilities for testing and data analysis; Develop test harnesses for SIL/HIL/VIL environments; Contribute to testing methodologies and metrics; Support scaling of simulation infrastructure; Maintain test documentation; Integrate test coverage into development pipelines
