About the role

WHO WE ARE AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. We are a Series A company backed by top-tier venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving. Our customers include some of the world’s largest airlines and ground handling providers. For more information, visit www.aerovect.com http://www.aerovect.com. We are seeking a detail-oriented Systems Test Engineer with a passion for autonomy and safety-critical systems to help lead the planning, execution, and analysis of structured testing activities of our self-driving vehicles and across our entire Autonomous Ground Support Equipment (AGSE) Service. This role is critical to ensuring safety, reliability, and performance through rigorous Verification & Validation (V&V) in simulation and real-world operational environments to enable scalability as AeroVect continues to develop its autonomous solutions. YOU WILL - Work with the Head of Systems to: - Drive the V&V of dependable, safety-critical systems for AGSE in the airport driving environment - Develop and maintain test plans and protocols for evaluating AV system performance (including subsystems) across the ODD (including edge-case scenarios) - Provide artifacts to verify and validate requirements and inform deployment decisions - Oversee and execute manual and automated test cases as necessary in closed course and live operational environments to evaluate system performance, behaviors, and critical safety functionality - Operate and monitor AVs in various driving modes, ensuring safety and compliance during testing and data collection - Collect and analyze diagnostics, sensor streams (LiDAR, radar, camera, GPS, etc.), incident data, etc. to verify system performance and identify issues - Work cross-functionally with autonomy, HW, S&S teams to report issues, identify root causes of failures, validate fixes, and close test feedback loops - Build and maintain scripts and tools for test automation, report generation, and regression tracking to support continuous system validation - Participate in recurring triage and contribute to release-readiness and root cause analysis efforts - Mentor engineers in test-driven development YOU HAVE - Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, Mechatronics, Aerospace, or a related field (or equivalent experience) - 5+ years of hands-on experience in vehicle testing, embedded systems, and / or robotics - Familiarity with automotive / AV test procedures, including real-world and simulation - Familiarity with structured test processes (e.g., V-model, HIL/SIL testing), test automation, and data analysis tools - Strong debugging skills and ability to work with cross-disciplinary teams - Ability to communicate technical issues and solutions across all levels of the organization - Hands-on approach with a willingness to engage deeply and enjoy the work in a fast-paced startup environment with distributed, multidisciplinary teams - Strong organizational and analytical thinking abilities - Proximity to Atlanta, open to travel up to 25% WE PREFER - MS or PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field - Experience developing, testing, and / or deploying autonomous vehicles, autonomous systems, robotics, or ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) - Experience with DOORS, Jama, Polarion, Enterprise Architect, etc. - Familiarity with safety standards in the development and deployment of complex autonomous systems (including to ISO 26262, ISO 21448, UL 4600, IEC 61508, ANSI B56.5, ISO3691, ANSI 15.08) - Familiarity with the airside driving environment at major global airports - Experience with data science and statistical analysis - Located in or willingness to relocate to Atlanta