Senior System Test Engineer - CUAS & RF Systems

Menlo Ventures; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 144,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

401k with employer match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Medical/Dental/Vision

Job summary

Axon is seeking a System Test Engineer to design and execute end-to-end test strategies for the CUAS stack across hardware, software, sensors, and platforms.

You will plan field campaigns, build test tooling, collect metrics, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability under real-world conditions. Approximately 50% field time; US citizens or permanent residents preferred.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace, or related field or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 5–8 years across system test, system integration, field test & evaluation, or hands-on technical roles on complex electromechanical and RF systems.
• Hands-on with at least two of: HW/SW integration testing, RF/wireless validation, environmental/reliability testing, test automation, electrical system testing, radar testing, EO/IR or camera testing, acoustic sensing.
• Demonstrated ability to debug across the stack - hardware, electrical, RF, network, and software.
• Comfortable owning field operations and translating raw test data into decisions stakeholders can act on.
• U.S. person defined as a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent residents (Green Card holders)
• Approximately 50% field time

Responsibilities

• Own system-level test strategy for one or more CUAS product lines, from early prototype through production and field deployment.
• Design and execute integration test plans across the full stack: RF sensors, radar, EO/IR and acoustic sensors, computer vision, RF detection/DF, jamming and mitigation/defeat, networking, radios, and third-party system integrations.
• Plan and execute field test campaigns at the range - flying threat-representative target drones against the system and executing live detect–track–ID–defeat runs.
• Build and maintain test tooling, automation, and instrumented data capture and reduction, regression automation, and HIL / RF-chamber / environmental setups for sensor and platform hardware.
• Collect, analyze, and report test metrics, turn field data into clear insights, recommendations, and event reports for PM, engineering, and leadership.
• Evaluate third‑party and integrated systems against defined acceptance criteria to determine whether a system or integration meets the cut.
• Triage complex multi-system failures across HW, FW, SW, RF, and network; reproduce intermittent field issues others can't.
• Partner with various Dedrone teams during design reviews to bake in testability early.
• Help shape the System Test and Evaluation discipline across Dedrone.

Skills

System test

Field testing

RF testing

Debug across stack

Field operations

Education

BS in EE / CE / CS / Aerospace

Tools

Test automation

HIL / RF chamber

Radar testing

Job description

Axon is seeking a System Test Engineer to design and execute end-to-end test strategies for the CUAS stack across hardware, software, sensors, and platforms.

You will plan field campaigns, build test tooling, collect metrics, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability under real-world conditions. Approximately 50% field time; US citizens or permanent residents preferred.