Aerospace Software Quality Assurance Engineer - Washington DC (R2999)

As a Hivemind on X Aerospace Software Quality Assurance Engineer, you will be at the epicenter of integration and testing for deploying our Hivemind Software and AI Pilot on 3rd Party Platforms. You will be ensuring our software meets high quality benchmarks, while planning and executing the integration and testing of SW and HW systems throughout the Software Development Life Cycle, preparing them for simulation demonstrations and on-ground and in-flight test campaigns. Our test campaigns are hands-on and fast paced, with lots of planning, documentation, communication, coordination, manual testing, scripted testing, test reviews, debugging, and system verification. Your efforts will be rewarded with successful flight test events, leadership growth opportunities at a fast-paced scaling tech company and your contributions will play a key role in developing an AI autopilot, enabling intelligent aircraft, historic aviation firsts and fulfilling our mission to protect service members and civilians the world over! 

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Ensure Shield AI Hivemind on X software meets high quality benchmarks, requirements, and industry standards before release. 
• Improve software development processes to minimize defects and accelerate the development cycle. 
• Create, maintain and present test documentation, including test plans, test results and post flight-test analysis reports. 
• Work with cross-functional teams to test and integrate software and hardware systems preparing for flight simulation and real flight test milestones. 
• Run and review tests at a regular cadence to validate software stability, triage issues, report bugs, identify and mitigate flight readiness risks. 
• Support on-site at test ranges during flight test campaigns that includes system configuration, running Hivemind on X software, and flight data post-analysis.
• Create test team reporting methods (such as dashboards) to provide high-level results visibility, metrics, performance and quality trends. Write Python scripts to test Hivemind on X software and hardware systems (with software emphasis). 

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Typically requires a minimum of 1-2 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; or 0 years and a Master’s degree; or 0 years with a PhD; or equivalent work experience. 
• Proficiency in Python and Bash scripting. 
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional software, hardware and mechanical engineering teams. 
• Strong technical writing skills.
• Experience in robotics, aerospace, and/or related hands-on engineering projects. 
• Experience in test engineering, or similar test generation, test planning, test execution and/or related systems engineering experience. 
• Strong planning, analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
• Passionate about intelligent aircraft systems.
• Adaptability and a willingness to learn new technologies and methodologies quickly in a fast-paced environment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Software Quality Assurance experience. 
• Experience in the aerospace or defense industries, working with complex systems and adhering to stringent standards and regulations. 
• Running software test or flight test campaigns experience.
• Software management tools (Git, AzureDevOps/Jira, Artifactory).
• Writing, maintaining and delivering complex technical documentation. Experience championing, testing and executing, a capability or project throughout the Software Development Life Cycle to delivery. 

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