Shield AI
Engineer II, Automated Test (R6288)
$110K–$160K
San Diego, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 17, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years in each of the three specified areas: Python automation frameworks/tooling; package, dependency, and build systems; and log collection, analytics, reporting, and failure-triage tooling.
About the job
Build automated test frameworks, CI/CD infrastructure, and AI-assisted verification workflows for Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy software and related systems.
What you'll do
- Develop automated test frameworks and scalable verification infrastructure for software, web interfaces, APIs, simulations, and hardware-in-the-loop environments.
- Create and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines and Python automation tools for building, testing, reporting, and deployment.
- Develop AI-assisted engineering workflows for test generation, log and failure analysis, debugging, and developer productivity.
What they ask for
- 2+ years building scalable, maintainable automation frameworks and/or developer tooling in Python.
- 2+ years working with package, dependency, and build systems such as conan, pip, setuptools, poetry, and nix or similar.
- 2+ years building tools for automated log collection, analytics, reporting, and failure triage.
- Experience with GitLab CI, YAML, shell scripting, distributed-system testing, and Linux-based development environments.
Nice to have
- Python integration with native C/C++ libraries; Go and/or TypeScript; C++ development or testing.
- Aerospace, robotics, autonomy, safety-critical software, simulation, HIL, or embedded-system testing experience.
Pay
USD 110,000–160,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, conan, pip, setuptools, poetry, nix, GitLab CI, YAML
AI focus
Develop and integrate AI-assisted testing and engineering workflows, including code and test generation, log and test analysis, failure triage, debugging, and workflow automation.
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