Senior Flight Test Engineer - Software Automation

How you'll make an impact: Lead the Flight Test Automation Pod: set technical direction, own the roadmap, and mentor engineers who contribute to automation Establish and own CI test pipelines that validate every build automatically and give developers fast, actionable feedback Design an extensible test framework that scales across teams, making it easy for engineers to add and maintain their own tests Apply AI-assisted and agentic workflows to test generation, failure triage and flight log analysis to speed up issue detection Define test coverage metrics tied to requirements and risk, and use them to drive our test strategy, reduce manual effort, and focus flight time where it matters most Partner with software, flight test, and reliability engineering leads to shape how testing is planned and prioritized What makes you a good fit: 6+ years in software testing, automation or test infrastructure, ideally in a cross-functional and complex hardware/software environment A track record of setting technical direction and driving adoption across teams Strong Python skills, with experience building maintainable, well-structured test frameworks and infrastructure Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems and integrating automated tests into build pipelines Experience applying AI and agentic workflows to software development or testing Proven ability to define and measure test coverage across complex systems Obtaining FAA Part 107 certification within the first 60 days of employment is required for this position Bonus: background in aviation, drones, embedded systems, robotics simulation, or hardware-in-the-loop testing

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