Staff Test Automation Engineer, Full Stack

Anduril Industries • Costa Mesa, CA

23h

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 automated systems to enhance efficiency, reduce manual labor, and optimize critical processes across the software development lifecycle and production pipelines. The Staff Test Automation Engineer will be instrumental in ensuring the quality, traceability, and rapid deployment of software solutions, contributing to the mission of delivering advanced autonomous systems. This position is open to senior technical leaders who will own the architecture of the Integrated Continuous Release (ICR) pipeline, full automation of local and integrated end-to-end test environments, and enforcement of contract-verification models for Lattice services.

Requirements

• 15+ years of proven experience building automated verification suites at scale.
• Proficient in DevOps practices, CI/CD pipeline development (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions), SRE principles, automated testing frameworks, and scripting for automation.
• Understanding of software development lifecycles.
• Deep experience with Frontend and Backend services and architectures at scale.
• Hands-on experience automating Hardware-in-The-Loop (HITL) and Software-in-The-Loop (SITL) engineering and utilization in production release processes.
• 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

• Build and implement robust automated systems for development, verification, and deployment.
• Develop and own the reference environment for Lattice workflow verification.
• Define, build, and maintain comprehensive, representative full stack test environments, including hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) systems.
• Design and implement critical software interfaces and product features for seamless, end-to-end testing.
• Drive the continuous integration of performance testing into CI/CD pipelines.
• Establish and enforce performance baselines and champion reliability engineering best practices.
• Define and implement AI-enabled automation to find and fix issues early in the development cycle.
• Champion quality throughout the engineering process.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures support in health, recovery, and future needs.

What This Job Offers

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