Software QA Automation Engineer, II
AeroVironment, Inc.4 days ago
San Diego, CA, USAMid Level / Senior
Base Salary
$82k - $140k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, expand, and maintain automated test suites and frameworks such as Xray.
- Develop component, subsystem, automated system, embedded, networked, and mission systems software tests.
- Create test plans, scenarios, and cases and support manual and automated QA work.
- Review system requirements and support system test plans, hardware-in-the-loop regressions, and engineering flight tests.
- Analyze, design, program, debug, and modify test software and automation.
- Support bug reporting, review, software risk identification, risk mitigation, and alternative-solution analysis.
- Collaborate with development, QA, product, DevOps, and system test teams to validate software.
- Perform code reviews and mentor entry-level team members on automation concepts and QA best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related discipline or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- 2–5 years of relevant experience.
- Familiarity with one or more of C/C++, Python, C# .NET, or Java; object-oriented design experience is a plus.
- Experience in software QA automation and contributing to automation frameworks such as Xray or similar.
- Comfort working in Linux and with source control and CI pipelines such as GitLab.
- Experience performing code reviews and mentoring team members on automation concepts and best practices.
- Strong debugging, problem-resolution, multitasking, collaboration, communication, and continuous-improvement skills.
- Exposure to embedded, robotics, UAS, safety-critical, or mission-critical software and familiarity with HIL test environments are preferred.
- Must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or qualifying asylee/refugee, and must be able to work on government contracts and obtain a security clearance.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) with company matching.
- Flexible work schedule options; select business units and contracts may offer a 9/80 schedule and paid holiday shutdown.
- Occasional travel within the Continental U.S., approximately 20%.
- Regular full-time position with no clearance currently required, though the ability to obtain a security clearance is required for government-contract work.
About AeroVironment, Inc.
AeroVironment builds small unmanned aircraft systems, loitering munitions (e.g., Switchblade), and related software, sensors, and services for U.S. and allied defense agencies. The public company (NASDAQ: AVAV), founded in 1971 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, sells hardware, training, and lifecycle support, with widely fielded systems such as Raven, Puma, and Wasp. It also offers autonomy and robotic technologies used in reconnaissance, targeting, and force protection missions.