Staff Engineer, Test Automation - San Mateo (R5792)
- Location
- San Mateo, CA · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Director
- Listed
- 19 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- Python
- Test automation
- Distributed systems testing
- Machine learning system validation
- CI/CD pipelines
- Technical leadership
Also useful
- MLOps
- Simulation and synthetic environment testing
- Hardware-in-the-loop testing
- Autonomy or robotics software testing
- Cloud-native developer infrastructure
- Telemetry and data pipeline validation
About the role
The Hivemind Software Engineering Integration and Test team is seeking a Staff Automated Test Engineer to provide technical leadership for automated verification across our next-generation autonomy platform. You will define and evolve test architecture, validation infrastructure, MLOps quality systems, and CI/CD pipelines that enable the Hivemind software ecosystem to create, test, and deploy resilient autonomy capabilities for unmanned aircraft and robotic platforms operating in complex, contested, and GPS-denied environments.
You will work across production flight code, machine learning models, simulation and synthetic environments, mission planning and orchestration systems, operator-facing Ground Control Station applications, telemetry and data pipelines, cloud-native developer infrastructure, and hardware-in-the-loop systems.
In this hands-on Staff role, you will lead complex, cross-functional initiatives, establish automation and verification standards, identify systemic quality risks, and develop scalable test infrastructure. The ideal candidate combines deep Python automation and distributed-systems testing experience with technical leadership and experience validating machine learning systems throughout the data, training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring lifecycle.
About Shield AI
Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality technologies. With offices and facilities across the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific, Shield AI’s technology actively supports operations worldwide.
From Shield AI's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 22, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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