Firestorm Labs
Test Automation Engineer
$150K–$195K
San Diego, United States · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of software engineering, test automation, integration, or related experience
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. person required due to ITAR regulations. Export-control eligibility includes U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or otherwise eligible to obtain required authorizations.
About the job
Build automated tests and infrastructure to validate aircraft software behaviors and interfaces across simulation and hardware-connected environments, supporting integration and release testing.
What you'll do
- Develop scenario-based aircraft tests and test frameworks, harnesses, and tooling for SIL, HIL, and VIL.
- Automate release test campaigns, orchestration, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
- Debug integration failures and improve system test coverage and the test platform.
What they ask for
- Strong programming skills in Python, C++, or similar languages.
- Experience building automated test frameworks, harnesses, or infrastructure and testing complex integrated software systems.
- Experience with SIL, HIL, VIL, simulation, or other hardware-connected test environments; strong debugging skills across software, interfaces, networking, and hardware.
- Experience automating test execution, data collection, and reporting, and integrating automated testing into CI/CD or software release workflows.
Nice to have
- Experience with autonomous systems, robotics, aircraft, or vehicles; scenario-based testing or fault injection.
- Experience with distributed test execution or orchestration, telemetry or time-series analysis, or aerospace, defense, UAS, or safety-critical software.
Pay
$150,000 – $195,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, C++, SIL, HIL, VIL, CI/CD
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