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# Senior Software Test Engineer

- **Company:** Wilder Systems LLC
- **Location:** Oklahoma City, OK, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $110,000.0 - $130,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Automation of Tests, C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Middleware, Github, Hardware Design, Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation, Python (Programming Language), Cyber-physical Systems, Strategies of Testing, Scripting, Hardware Testing, Software Troubleshooting, Pytest, Production Code, Software Version Control, Jenkins
- **Published:** July 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=dfc57cbc2af3f4d7

## About the Role

* A track record owning test strategy and automation for a system or product end-to-end.
 * Strong test automation in Python and/or C++ (or comparable).
 * Deep experience with both automated and manual testing of complex systems.
 * Hands-on debugging of software-hardware integration issues on real hardware.
 * Solid software fundamentals: version control, CI, scripting, and reading production code.
 * A track record setting test requirements and mentoring other test engineers., * Testing robotics, industrial automation, or other cyber-physical systems.
 * ROS 2 and robotics middleware.
 * Hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test development.
 * Test frameworks and CI at scale (pytest, GoogleTest, Jenkins or GitHub Actions).
 * Authoring release notes or customer-facing change documentation.
 * Familiarity with the domains under test - perception, motion, calibration.

## Description

Wilder Systems builds robots that do precision work across aerospace manufacturing and MRO - drilling, fastening, sanding, and inspection - on systems deployed to factory floors and flight lines worldwide. As a Senior Software Test Engineer, you own the test strategy and automation for a system: how we prove it works before it ships and keep it working in the field. You define test requirements across components, build the automation that catches regressions, drive software-hardware failures to root cause, and mentor the test engineers around you - working across the robotics software and hardware teams on real hardware., * Test strategy & requirements - own the test strategy and requirements for a system, across its components.

 * Test automation - design and build the automated test framework and suites that catch regressions before they reach the field.
 * Manual & hardware testing - define and run the manual and on-hardware tests automation can't cover, and troubleshoot software-hardware failures to root cause with the software and hardware teams.
 * Release notes - own the user-facing change documentation (release notes) for each release, in collaboration with the robotics software and hardware teams.
 * Technical leadership - set the quality bar, own test requirements across components, and mentor Test Engineer I and II through test design and review.


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