Systems Test Engineer

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Posted 27 days ago

AI Hive

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As a Senior Test Engineer, you'll lead simulation-driven testing and automation efforts for autonomy software, ensuring reliability and performance through test frameworks in both simulated and real-world mission environments.

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Job Description

The Hivemind Solutions Test Department is seeking a Senior Test Engineer (Software & Simulation Focus) to join our Bangalore-based team. Since Shield AI's mission is to protect service members and civilians, The Hivemind Solutions Test Department makes this a reality by validating the reliability, safety, and performance of our world-class autonomy software.

You’ll lead simulation-driven testing, automation, and software quality efforts for Hivemind, building and executing test frameworks that ensure our autonomy software performs reliably across simulated and real-world mission environments.

Shield AI is growing quickly, and we're looking for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, embraces learning, and brings a high-ownership, mission-driven mindset. This is a chance to have a real impact—advancing autonomy that protects lives—while working with a collaborative, high-performing team.

Responsibilities

What you'll do:

Develop automated regression, integration, and system-level tests to ensure Hivemind software quality and stability across releases.

Identify, reproduce, and diagnose software issues—collaborating closely with development teams to drive fixes and improvements.

Create and execute test plans and documentation for autonomy software in simulated environments, ensuring mission and safety requirements are met.

Design, implement, and maintain simulation-based test frameworks to validate Hivemind autonomy behavior and performance.

Build tools and utilities in Python to automate testing, data processing, and analysis workflows.

Develop test harnesses and data validation tools for Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) / Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) / Vehicle-in-the-Loop (VIL) and simulation environments.

Contribute to the definition of testing methodologies, metrics, and performance benchmarks for autonomy software validation.

Support the scaling and reliability of simulation infrastructure used for large-scale software validation.

Maintain detailed and accurate test documentation, ensuring traceability and knowledge sharing across teams.

Work with developers to integrate test coverage directly into the development pipeline (CI/CD).

Requirements

Required qualifications:

Typically requires a minimum of 3-5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 2-4 years and a Master’s degree; or 2 years with a PhD; or equivalent work experience.

Proficiency in Python.

Experience in robotics, small UAS, or related hands-on engineering projects.

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.

Passionate about intelligent aircraft systems.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional software. hardware and mechanical engineering teams.

Adaptability and a willingness to learn new technologies and methodologies quickly in a fast-paced environment.

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Posted on: Oct 9, 2026
Job type: Full-time
Location: BangaloreOn-site

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