Software Engineering Manager, Hardware Test (X-BAT) (R6020)

Shield AI · X-BAT Engineering

Location: Seattle, Washington
Metro: Seattle
Workplace: On-site
Level: Senior
Type: Full-time
Pay: $169K–$300K/yr (published by employer)
Posted: 1 month ago
Source: Lever

What the posting covers

About the company

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation and synthetic reality…

About Shield AI

Shield AI develops AI-powered autonomy software and aircraft systems that protect service members and civilians by enabling intelligent operations in contested environments. As part of the X-BAT program, you will help develop and validate next-generation…

Job Description

Shield AI is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead the X-BAT Hardware Test Software team. This team builds and sustains automated production test stands used to functionally test avionics and aircraft electrical assemblies. You will lead software…

What You'll do

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of software engineers supporting X-BAT avionics production test. Own the technical roadmap and execution for automated test stands, reusable test frameworks, station software, and test-data systems. Build scalable Python-based…

Required Qualifications

5+ years of experience in software engineering, test automation, embedded systems, hardware-integrated software, manufacturing test, avionics, aerospace, robotics, automotive, industrial systems, or similar fields. 2+ years of direct people-management…

Preferred Qualifications

Experience developing automated production test equipment for avionics, aerospace, defense, autonomous systems, robotics, or other mission-critical hardware. Experience designing reusable test frameworks rather than only writing one-off test scripts.…

Closing from US - X-BAT with ITAR exposure, S/SAR Clearance

Full-time regular employee offer package: Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity Temporary employee offer package: Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment) Salary compensation is…

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