- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- DallasTexasUSA
- Job type
- Software
- Posted
- Oct 21, 2025
- Salary
- $128,045–$192,067 a year
Full-time
Senior Software Engineer, Hardware Test (R4978)
Job description
Shield AI — Senior Software Engineer, Hardware Test (R4978) (Dallas, Texas).
Job responsibilities
- Architect, design, and develop software drivers and interfaces in Python for hardware systems, including PCBAs, avionics, sensors, and automated test equipment.
- Design and implement automated test frameworks to validate aircraft components and subsystems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and repeatability across multiple programs.
- Develop and evolve CI/CD pipelines that enable continuous integration, automated validation, and seamless deployment of test stand software.
- Build and maintain scalable test infrastructure and shared libraries, promoting modularity, reusability, and consistency across teams and platforms.
- Automate system provisioning and configuration management to accelerate deployment and maintenance of new test stands and test environments.
- Develop real-time monitoring and data visualization tools (e.g., Grafana) to deliver actionable insights during test execution and system debugging.
- Lead and participate in design and code reviews, championing sound architectural principles, testability, observability, and reliability throughout the software stack.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with hardware, systems, and QA teams to integrate software and test capabilities into broader aircraft validation workflows.
Job requirements
- B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related STEM field.
- Typically requires a minimum of 5 years of related experience
- Mastery of fundamental computer science topics.
- Advanced skillset for developing software in Python.
- Experience with Linux including Bash scripting and networking.
- Ability to configure and maintain small computer networks.
- Experience working on complex software development projects, which can be from an internship, job, club, team, personal project, etc…
- Demonstrated history of showing ownership of project outcomes and delivering exceptional results.
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