Autonomy Test Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Design test scenarios and test cards that exercise specific autonomy behaviors and edge cases, with clear pass/fail criteria
• Execute on-water test events, participating in sorties aboard test and chase vessels while monitoring autonomy performance against expected behavior
• Analyze sortie data (logs, telemetry, sensor data) to characterize autonomy performance and isolate root causes of anomalies across perception, planning, control, and hardware
• Reproduce field anomalies in simulation and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) environments, and build regression tests so fixes stay fixed
• Identify, document, and triage system discrepancies in Atlassian Jira with enough detail and reproducibility for autonomy and hardware engineers to act on
• Contribute to test plans, test procedures, and test readiness reviews under the direction of the Test & Evaluation Director
• Author clear, comprehensive test reports and after action reports that capture results, observations, and recommendations
• Support pre-underway system checkouts and launch and recovery operations alongside the marine operations team

Job requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline (e.g., Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, Ocean), Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent hands-on experience
• 2+ years of experience in test or systems integration engineering for complex, software-intensive systems
• Hands-on experience testing or validating autonomous or robotic systems (air, ground, sea, or simulation), including designing test cases and evaluating system behavior against requirements
• Experience analyzing test data (logs, telemetry, sensor data) using tools such as Python, MATLAB, or similar
• Experience with simulation-based, software-in-the-loop (SIL), or HITL testing
• Experience with agile program management tooling such as Atlassian Jira
• Strong technical writing skills, with the ability to draft clear test reports and after action reports
• Comfort and demonstrated ability working on vessels offshore for extended periods, in potentially harsh conditions