Senior Manager, Autonomous Test & Validation (Equity)

Shield; Dallas (TX); Sur place; USD 180 000 - 240 000; Plein temps

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Equity

Bonus

Benefits

Résumé du poste

Shield AI, a defense-tech company, seeks a Senior Manager of Software Test to lead verification and validation of autonomy, mission-oriented avionics software for next-gen aircraft systems. You will design scalable automated test infrastructure and ensure system test coverage across simulation and real aircraft environments.

You will partner with engineering, product, and flight test teams to ensure testability, traceability, and readiness for mission, accelerating software maturity through

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in software testing, systems testing, or verification & validation for complex, safety-critical or mission-critical systems (autonomy, aerospace, defense, robotics, UAVs, etc.)
• 3+ years of experience leading teams, including some experience managing other managers
• Strong proficiency in test automation, scripting, data analysis, and test infrastructure development
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining automated test frameworks (SIL, HIL, VIL, CI/CD pipelines)
• Experience validating autonomous behaviors or distributed real-time systems
• Deep understanding of software verification methodologies, including requirements traceability, test planning, and regression testing
• Experience with hardware-in-the-loop testbeds, embedded systems, or avionics integration
• Ability to design system-level test cases including edge cases, degraded modes, and safety-critical scenarios
• Strong ability to work cross-functionally with autonomy, avionics, embedded, and flight ops teams
• Excellent communication and documentation skills, especially around test plans, procedures, and safety considerations

Responsabilités

• Build a world class software and system test infrastructure for rapid software deployments
• Own end-to-end system test strategy for software-in-the-loop (SIL), hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), and vehicle-in-the-loop (VIL) environments—scaling them for continuous integration and rapid release cycles.
• Design and implement mission-critical system test cases validating autonomous behaviors, requirements compliance, and operational edge cases across nominal, safety-critical, and degraded conditions.
• Coordinate and execute flight test and software release campaigns, working cross-functionally with autonomy, embedded systems, flight ops, and safety engineering teams.

Connaissances

Test automation

Scripting

Data analysis

Test infrastructure development

Leading teams

CI/CD pipelines

Formation

BS or MS in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or related field

Outils

SIL

HIL

VIL

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Buildkite

Gazebo

Isaac

ROS/ROS2

Description du poste

Shield AI, a defense-tech company, seeks a Senior Manager of Software Test to lead verification and validation of autonomy, mission-oriented avionics software for next-gen aircraft systems. You will design scalable automated test infrastructure and ensure system test coverage across simulation and real aircraft environments.

You will partner with engineering, product, and flight test teams to ensure testability, traceability, and readiness for mission, accelerating software maturity through