Senior Test Engineer, Autonomy & Simulation (Python)

Shield; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI in Washington, DC seeks a Senior Test Engineer focused on software and simulation. You will lead simulation-driven testing, automation, and quality efforts for Hivemind, ensuring reliability across simulated and real-world environments.

The role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams and the ability to obtain a SECRET clearance. You’ll build test frameworks, implement automated tests in Python, and advance CI/CD integration to sustain scalable validation for autonomous

Qualifications

• Requires 3–5 years of related experience with a Bachelor's; or 2–4 years with a Master; or 2 years with a PhD; or equivalent.
• Proficiency in Python.
• Experience in robotics, small UAS, or related hands-on engineering projects.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across software, hardware and mechanical teams.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a SECRET Clearance; US citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Develop automated regression, integration, and system-level tests for Hivemind software.
• Identify, reproduce, and diagnose software issues with development teams to drive fixes.
• Create and execute test plans for autonomy software in simulated environments.
• Design and maintain simulation-based test frameworks validating behavior and performance.
• Build Python tools to automate testing and data analysis workflows.
• Develop test harnesses for SIL/HIL/VIL and simulation environments.
• Contribute to testing methodologies, metrics, and performance benchmarks.
• Support scaling and reliability of simulation infrastructure for large-scale validation.
• Maintain detailed test documentation and traceability.
• Integrate test coverage into CI/CD pipelines with developers.

Skills

Python

Robotics experience

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

C++

Software testing tools

Job description

Shield AI in Washington, DC seeks a Senior Test Engineer focused on software and simulation. You will lead simulation-driven testing, automation, and quality efforts for Hivemind, ensuring reliability across simulated and real-world environments.

The role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams and the ability to obtain a SECRET clearance. You’ll build test frameworks, implement automated tests in Python, and advance CI/CD integration to sustain scalable validation for autonomous