- Robot type
- Drone · Defense
- Location
- MoorparkCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Software
- Posted
- Jul 22, 2026
- Salary
- $100,500–$153,250 a year
Full-time
Software QA Automation Engineer, III
Job description
The Software QA Automation Engineer III designs automated solutions to systematically verify mission systems software and maintain robust test infrastructure. In this role, one regularly collaborates with the development team and the system test team, while operating with a large degree of autonomy.
AV isn’t for everyone. We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed. The best of the best.
We don’t just build defense technology—we redefine what’s possible. As the premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., AV delivers breakthrough capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber.
Founded by legendary innovator Dr. Paul MacCready, AV has spent over 50 years pushing the…
Job responsibilities
- Participates in the design, expansion and maintenance of the automated test suite and frameworks (e.g., Xray)
- Owns isolated component , sub-system, and automated system tests; reviews system requirements and co-authors system test plans, and supports hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) regressions and engineering flight tests
- Defines and plan scope, resource needs, benchmarks and goals of manual & automation work
- Defines and implement QA practices, procedures, standards and reporting
- Supports the bug reporting and review process; contributes to software risk identification, tracking, and mitigation
- Identifies project risks, quantify risk/benefit relationships and provide alternative solutions as well as risk mitigation
- Designs test plans, scenarios and cases to exercise new functionality & identify breaking issues
- Analyzes, designs, programs, debugs, and modifies test software and automation for embedded, networked, and mission systems software
Job requirements
- Bachelor's degree in related discipline is required or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
- Minimum 5 - 8 years of relevant experience
- Proficiency in one or more of C/C++, Python, C# .NET, or Java; object-oriented design experience is a plus
- Experienced in Software QA automation
- Experienced in building and optimizing automation frameworks (e.g., Xray or similar), with scripting in Python or similar
- Comfortable working in Linux and with source control / CI pipelines (e.g., GitLab)
- Experienced performing code reviews and mentoring team members on automation concepts and best practices
- Occasionally may be required to travel within the Continental U.S. (20%)