We're looking for engineers with a strong mix of hardware and software experience,people who can move fluidly from system architecture to real-time troubleshooting.

Ideal candidates have hands-on experience taking complex hardware–software systems from 0→1, understanding what truly matters to end users, and delivering reliable capabilities into real-world field use.

In this role, you will be an extreme owner,leading the specification, design, integration, flight testing, and validation of mission and avionics systems that expand the capabilities of our aircraft.

You'll work closely with electrical, mechanical, software, and flight test teams in both the lab and the field, owning the full product lifecycle of payload systems from concept through to deployment.

Help us save lives as we strive to deliver the most highly reliable aerospace hardware in the industry.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, design, integrate, and validate avionics and mission sensors and payloads for V-BAT ,from concept through production & deployment

• Work directly with operators, mission SMEs, and internal stakeholders to understand user needs and prioritize system features and capabilities.

• Drive 0→1 development: take loosely defined mission problems, propose solutions, prototype quickly, iterate with flight test data, and mature systems into production-ready capabilities.

• Lead cross functional development: mechanical & electrical design, firmware/embedded interfaces, data paths, networking, and onboard software integration.

• Debug and root-cause complex hardware, software, and integration failures throughout development and flight operations.

• Lead hands-on bring-up, lab testing, HIL testing, and flight test preparation.

• Support flight operations with real-time troubleshooting, anomaly resolution, and post-mission data analysis.

• Use Python, MATLAB, or similar tools to analyze logs, automate tests, and drive informed design decisions.

• Collaborate with Mechanical, Electrical, Software, Flight Test, and Manufacturing to deliver reliable and maintainable avionics systems.

• Drive continuous design improvement to increase reliability, robustness, and mission performance.

Requirements:

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field.

• 3+ years engineering experience with electrical system design, integration, testing, debug, and repair

• Hands-on experience with test equipment, schematics, harness/wiring diagrams, and HW/SW debugging.

• Experience working on multidisciplinary hardware development projects, which can be from an internship, job, club, team, personal project, etc…

• Demonstrated history of showing ownership of project outcomes and delivering exceptional results.

• Record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others.

Preferences:

• Experience integrating avionics, sensors, radios, mission payloads, or flight computing systems.

• Experience with flight test, field testing, or hardware-in-the-loop development.

• Experience with Python or any scripting language.

• Active Secret Security Clearance (or ability to obtain one if needed)

• Demonstrated adaptability, agility, and the ability to innovate under pressure to meet dynamic project demands and drive successful outcomes.

• Demonstrated experience taking a hardware + software product or feature from concept (0) to deployed system (1).

Salary:

$115,527 - $173,291 a year

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Your role will center around designing scalable, automated test infrastructure, validating mission-critical behaviors across simulation and real aircraft environments, and enabling rapid, safe deployment of software to flight operations. You'll partner closely with engineering, product, and flight test teams to ensure the system is testable, traceable, and always ready for mission.

This role focuses on accelerating software maturity and validation through rigorous, automated, and traceable testing practices for the VBAT platform.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Required qualifications:

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

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience testing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), rotorcraft, or airborne mission systems
• Knowledge of DO-178C, MIL-STD-882, STANAG, or other safety/airworthiness frameworks
• Experience with simulation tools (Gazebo, Isaac, ROS/ROS2 simulation, custom autonomy sims, etc.)
• Experience with continuous integration systems (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Buildkite, etc.)
• Knowledge of autonomy algorithms (navigation, planning, perception) sufficient to design adversarial or mission-based test scenarios
• Comfort operating in dynamic R&D environments where rapid iteration and tight feedback loops are the norm

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