Autonomy Test & Integration Engineer – Remote, Secret

AM Pierce and Associates; Oregon (WI); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

AM Pierce & Associates is seeking an Autonomy Test & Integration Engineer – Journeyman to design and execute autonomous system test strategies, develop test infrastructure, and integrate autonomy software with simulations and vehicle models. The role emphasizes hands-on autonomy testing, test harnesses, and cross-domain integration.

Ideally, candidates will have 3–8 years of relevant experience, a DoD Secret Clearance, and strong C++/Python skills for test automation and analysis.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Secret Clearance required.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 3-8 years of relevant engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated capability.
• Hands-on experience developing, integrating, debugging, or rigorously testing autonomous system software.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and maintain third-party autonomy test frameworks and supporting software.
• Analyze vendor autonomy architectures, software, interfaces, data models, decision/execution mechanisms, and feedback paths to determine integration and test approaches.
• Develop adapters, test harnesses, simulation interfaces, instrumentation, test automation, data collection, analysis, visualization, and supporting tools.
• Adapt the test framework to accommodate different autonomy architectures, interfaces, execution models, and system configurations.
• Develop test strategies that evaluate autonomous behavior and mission performance, not just interface or message compliance.
• Create repeatable scenarios and test stimuli involving changing mission conditions, constraints, threats, failures, degraded capabilities, resource limitations, and other operational events.
• Instrument and analyze autonomy decisions, plans, behaviors, commands, state transitions, feedback, and mission outcomes.
• Determine whether observed anomalies originate in autonomy implementation, integration, simulation, configuration, or test infrastructure.
• Integrate autonomy software with vehicle models, mission systems, simulations, communications infrastructure, and external services.
• Support software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, distributed simulation, demonstrations, experimentation, and formal test events.
• Document test architecture, procedures, assumptions, results, limitations, and technical findings.

Skills

C++

Python

Test automation

Autonomy software

Linux development

Git/configuration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/EE/Robotics/Systems Eng or related

Tools

Git

Configuration management

Job description

AM Pierce & Associates is seeking an Autonomy Test & Integration Engineer – Journeyman to design and execute autonomous system test strategies, develop test infrastructure, and integrate autonomy software with simulations and vehicle models. The role emphasizes hands-on autonomy testing, test harnesses, and cross-domain integration.

Ideally, candidates will have 3–8 years of relevant experience, a DoD Secret Clearance, and strong C++/Python skills for test automation and analysis.