Drimva

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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First seen Oct 17, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)