Your browser does not support javascript! Please enable it, otherwise web will not work for you.

Engineer II, Automated Test (R6288)

Home > Python programming jobs

Engineer II, Automated Test (R6288) in USA new

  • Shield AI
  • Full time
  • Email
  • San Mateo, CA

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks for autonomy and UI applications.
  • Build scalable infrastructure for functional, integration, regression, system, and end-to-end testing across distributed software and hardware environments.
  • Create GitLab CI pipelines using YAML and shell scripting for automated build, test, and deployment workflows.
  • Develop Python workflow automation, test utilities, reporting, environment setup, and developer productivity tools.
  • Develop UI and API test automation using Go and TypeScript.
  • Create test harnesses, simulators, stubs, and mocks for simulated and hardware-in-the-loop environments.
  • Integrate automated testing into continuous integration environments and support release qualification and requirements traceability.
  • Analyze test results, troubleshoot failures, improve reliability, and increase test coverage, speed, maintainability, and observability.
  • Collaborate with software, autonomy, simulation, and systems engineering teams on verification strategies and software quality.
  • Develop and evaluate AI-assisted engineering workflows and intelligent automation pipelines using coding agents and LLM-based development platforms.
  • Maintain technical documentation and contribute to software quality standards, coding practices, and automation architecture decisions.

Requirements

  • At least 2 years of experience building scalable, maintainable automation frameworks and/or developer tooling in Python.
  • At least 2 years of experience with package management, dependency management, and build systems such as conan, pip, setuptools, poetry, and nix or similar tools.
  • At least 2 years of experience building tooling for automated log collection, analytics, reporting, and failure triage.
  • Strong understanding of asynchronous and concurrent programming in Python for scalable automation and parallel test execution.
  • Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, YAML, and shell scripting.
  • Experience testing distributed systems, backend services, APIs, and web-based UIs.
  • Familiarity with modern test frameworks, automated validation strategies, and software quality methodologies.
  • Experience working in Linux-based development environments.
  • Strong debugging, problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills.
  • Preferred: experience integrating Python with native C/C++ libraries and applications through bindings, wrappers, subprocess interfaces, or interoperability tooling.
  • Preferred: proficiency with Go and/or TypeScript, C++ development or testing experience, and experience in aerospace, robotics, autonomy, safety-critical software, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop, or embedded-system testing.

Benefits

  • Full-time regular employees receive pay within the listed range, bonus, benefits, and equity.
  • Temporary employees receive pay within the listed range and a temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment.
  • Offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.
  • Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.
  • Shield AI is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and provides accommodations for disabilities or special needs.

Salary: $110k - $160k/yr

Shield AI

Shield AI builds autonomous systems for military and national security customers, combining its Hivemind autonomy software with V-BAT and X-BAT unmanned aircraft and Aechelon simulation technologies. The privately held company sells hardware, software, and related services to U.S. and allied defe...

Similar positions

DevOps Engineer - Cloud Infra Team

  • Wix.com
  • Full time
  • Others
  • 10/19/2026
  • Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Data Engineer

  • IPinfo
  • Full time
  • USA
  • 10/19/2026
  • Remote

Privacy Engineer - onsite Frisco, TX

  • Welltower, Inc.
  • Full time
  • USA
  • 10/19/2026
  • Salary: Competitive
  • Frisco, TX

Software Engineer, AI

  • Synack
  • Full time
  • UK
  • 10/19/2026
  • Remote

Sr. Full Stack Engineer I

  • MetroStar
  • Full time
  • USA
  • 10/19/2026
  • Salary: $160k - $170k/yr
  • Reston, VA