Senior Staff Engineer, Test Director
Shield AIAutonomous Systems company
United StatesLead
Andreessen Horowitz
L3Harris
Hanwha Asset Management
U.S. Innovative Technology Fund
Washington Harbour Partners
Riot Ventures
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Lead flight test campaigns for autonomy software on small UAS.
- •As a Staff Flight Test Engineer / Test Director, you will serve as the end-to-end Test Director for the integration, verification, and flight test of Hivemind Mission Autonomy on small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).
- •You will own the technical direction, execution, and readiness of test campaigns, applying a fly–fix–fly methodology to rapidly mature autonomy capabilities from simulation and lab environments through flight.
- •Key Responsibilities Act as Test Director for system-level integration and flight test campaigns.
- •Own test readiness decisions, including entry/exit criteria for all test phases.
- •Plan, direct, and execute fly–fix–fly test campaigns for rapid iteration.
- •Define and enforce test strategy, including system-level verification and validation.
- •Direct cross-functional test execution, coordinating across various engineering disciplines.
- •Requirements B.S. degree in a STEM discipline. 7+ years of experience in system integration and test, including SIL, HIL, simulation, and flight test environments.
- •Demonstrated experience leading test execution, including authority over test conduct, readiness, and risk decisions.
- •Strong background working cross-functionally with systems engineering, software, hardware, safety, and program management teams.
- •Highly organized and methodical, with the ability to manage complex, fast-paced test campaigns.
Required skills
Risk ManagementAgileScrumKanbanProject ManagementTechnical Leadership
Domain expertise
aerospacedefense
Tech stack
PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptJavaC++C#GoRustRubyPHPSwiftKotlinScalaSQLBashCObjective-CPerlLuaElixirClojureHaskellDartReactVue.jsAngularNext.jsSvelteHTMLCSS