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Systems Test Engineer

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Bangalore · 2-4 years experience · Onsite · Posted Oct 9, 2026

At a glance

Experience
2-4 years experience
Workplace
Onsite
Location
Bangalore

About the role

  • The Hivemind Solutions Test Department is seeking a Senior Test Engineer (Software & Simulation Focus) to join the Bangalore-based team.
  • This role involves leading simulation-driven testing, automation, and software quality efforts for Hivemind to ensure autonomy software performs reliably across simulated and real-world mission environments.

Responsibilities

  • 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

  • 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.

Skills

  • Python
  • CI/CD

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