Software Test Automation Engineer (R4719)

Shield AI · Dallas, Texas · Aug 28, 2025

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube. Shield AI has been redefining autonomous aviation with cutting-edge AI and GPS/RF-denied navigation technologies for the past few years. We’re looking for a software engineer, well versed in development and testing, to help continue building V-BAT's test operations, specifically automation capabilities and tools used to test software components ranging from autonomy, embedded systems, ground control applications, and more - you will gather requirements and write software to automate them. #LI-AA1 Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment) Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information. ### Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer....

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with our GNC and Embedded teams daily to build software that leverages simulation, avionics, and/or custom hardware to automate testing

• Define test cases to verify and validate embedded or GNC software at a system level, automating them to run continuously

• Implement software interfaces and drivers to orchestrate simulation environments, hardware devices, and test equipment – enabling real-world behaviors, failure injection, and hardware manipulation for various test scenarios

• Quickly prototype solutions using software & hardware to unblock testing, harden your prototype into scalable products for continuous release testing

• Support release test planning and execution leading up to flight test events and major product milestones

Requirements:

• Senior: Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of relevant experience, or Masters with 4+ years, or PhD with 2+ years.

• Staff: Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of relevant experience, or Masters with 6+ years, or PhD with 4+ years.

• Senior Staff: Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of relevant experience, or Masters with 9+ years, or PhD with 7+ years.

• Strong Python skills

• Familiarity with common version control (git) and build/packaging systems (CMake, Poetry, etc)

• Passion for growth, fast-paced environments, and holding self to a high standard of excellence

• 5+ years of related experience building automated test solutions

• Experience building automated test solutions for aircraft of autonomous vehicles

• Experience in automated testing, bare-metal firmware development, or simulation tooling

• Ability to obtain security clearance

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Company: Shield AI
Location: Dallas, Texas
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Job Type: Full Time Employee
Category: V-BAT Engineering - Software
Posted: Aug 28, 2025
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Software Test Automation Engineer (R4719)

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