Senior Test Automation Engineer

Anduril Industries • Costa Mesa, CA

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About The Position

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming military capabilities with advanced technology. The Software Platform Foundations team builds foundational systems to enable efficient and reliable development, testing, and deployment of cutting-edge defense technology. This role involves designing and implementing sophisticated automated systems to enhance efficiency, reduce manual labor, and optimize critical processes and control systems across the software development lifecycle and production pipelines. The Senior Test Automation Engineer will ensure the quality, traceability, and rapid deployment of software solutions, contributing to the mission of delivering advanced autonomous systems. This role requires owning a major piece of how Software Platform ships, running design reviews, mentoring junior engineers, and driving features from concept to production-ready code.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience building automated verification suites at scale.
• DevOps practices, CI/CD pipeline development (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions), SRE principles, automated testing frameworks, scripting for automation, understanding of software development lifecycles.
• Hands-on experience automating Hardware-in-The-Loop (HITL), and Software-in-The-Loop (SITL) engineering and utilization in production release process.
• Expertise in developing and implementing various software development tests, including automated regression testing, unit testing, and integration testing.
• Proficiency in Python for automation, scripting, and system development.
• Professional experience with containerization workflows and Terraform.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical industry experience.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• NixOS experience
• Experience working in a regulated industry or with systems requiring high reliability and traceability.

Responsibilities

• Help build and implement robust automated systems for development, verification, and deployment.
• Ensure the highest standards of quality and performance for software tools and product offerings.
• Develop and maintain the reference environment for Lattice workflow verification before release.
• Build and maintain comprehensive, representative test environments, including hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) systems.
• Implement critical software interfaces and product features for seamless, end-to-end testing across complex systems.
• Maintain and improve the integration of performance testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish and enforce performance baselines and champion reliability engineering best practices.
• Implement AI-enabled automation to find and fix issues early in the development cycle without impacting developer experience.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants
• Top-tier benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree