Principal Test Automation Engineer (Software)
About The Position
As a Principal Automation Engineer (Software), you will be responsible for creating test plans for software, helping build software test architectures and tooling, writing test cases, and ensuring the execution of the tests. This includes planning test scenarios to run in simulation, and on hardware-in-the-loop setups. You will collaborate with the GNC, Flight Software, and Embedded Software teams to close the gap between rapid development and mission-critical reliability. You will help ensure that software behaves correctly not just in ideal conditions, but in edge cases, fault scenarios, and real hardware configurations that are difficult to reproduce. Responsibilities Work alongside software and firmware engineers to identify failure modes and plan tests to detect them. Be a scrappy test engineer: dive deep into the company’s software architecture, develop a strong system-level understanding of the software and systems under test, and continually seek out new ways to stress them. Write and maintain test cases for CI/CD-based automated regression testing, as well as execute manual tests when needed. Verify that software components meet readiness criteria for flight and integrated testing.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in software test, verification, or quality assurance.
- Experience working with Linux-based systems across development, test, and deployment.
- Familiarity with git workflows and best practices.
Nice To Haves
- 10+ years experience with Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing for embedded systems.
- 10+ years experience with Python, C, and C++.
- Experience working in fast-paced startup or small-team engineering environments.
- Experience in the aerospace industry or other safety- or mission-critical domains.
- Experience designing or extending HIL test system architectures.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines for embedded systems (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI).
Responsibilities
- Work alongside software and firmware engineers to identify failure modes and plan tests to detect them.
- Be a scrappy test engineer: dive deep into the company’s software architecture, develop a strong system-level understanding of the software and systems under test, and continually seek out new ways to stress them.
- Write and maintain test cases for CI/CD-based automated regression testing, as well as execute manual tests when needed.
- Verify that software components meet readiness criteria for flight and integrated testing.
Benefits
- long-term incentives, in the form of stock options
- access to medical, vision & dental coverage
- access to a 401(k) retirement plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Education Level
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