Autonomy Software Test & Automation Lead

Shield AI; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI’s Software Test & Automation Manager leads a multidisciplinary team responsible for verification, validation, and automation across Hivemind autonomy programs. You will define strategies, build validation capabilities, and establish software readiness standards to ensure mission readiness.

This role partners with software, systems, and flight test teams to validate autonomy capabilities for XBAT, VBAT, weapons, space, maritime, and emerging programs.

Qualifications

• Lead and grow a team of Software Test & Automation Engineers.
• Define verification and validation strategies across simulation, SIL, HIL, VIL, and operational testing.
• Develop automated regression testing, validation frameworks, and test infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Establish software readiness criteria, quality gates, and metrics.
• Integrate automated validation into CI/CD pipelines and expand continuous testing.
• Develop reusable automation assets and validation methodologies across autonomy programs.
• Coordinate readiness activities with engineering, platform integration and flight test teams.
• Deliver roadmaps, staffing plans, and engineering priorities.

Skills

Team leadership

Verification strategies

Automation testing

CI/CD

Quality metrics

DoD programs

ROS

Tools

SonarQube

ROS

Job description

Shield AI’s Software Test & Automation Manager leads a multidisciplinary team responsible for verification, validation, and automation across Hivemind autonomy programs. You will define strategies, build validation capabilities, and establish software readiness standards to ensure mission readiness.

This role partners with software, systems, and flight test teams to validate autonomy capabilities for XBAT, VBAT, weapons, space, maritime, and emerging programs.