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# HWIL Automation & Data Engineer

- **Company:** DESE Research, Inc.
- **Location:** Huntsville, AL, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Automation of Tests, Big Data, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Files, Database Queries, Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, Network Diagnostics, NumPy, Object-Oriented Software Development, Parsing, Software Requirements Analysis, Unstructured Data, Data Logging, Data Processing, Scripting, Data Storage Technologies, Test Scripts, Gitlab, Pandas, Information Technology, Jenkins
- **Published:** October 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/15_547347f6

## About the Role

* Active U.S. Secret Security Clearance (or the ability to obtain one).
 * Bachelor's Degree in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, or a related discipline
 * Experience writing test execution automation scripts AND/OR Experience writing post-processing utilities to parse extensive data files or database logs.
 * Software automation experience (3+ years) including script design, database querying, data plotting, and statistical reporting.
 * Familiarity with object-oriented scripting guidelines and modern repository branching paradigms., * Experience tracking telemetry points from dynamic vehicles or parsing complex aerospace network diagnostic streams.
 * Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline platforms like Jenkins or GitLab.
 * Proficiency in using engineering software tools for modeling, simulation, and analysis (e.g., Python, Pandas, NumPy, MATLAB).
 * Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to process unstructured data payloads to highlight engineering fault trends.

## Description

DESE Research is seeking a HWIL Automation & Data Engineer (Mid-Level) to work closely with a multidisciplinary team of engineers to ensure the successful automation of verification scripts and post-run logging analysis.

Position is contingent upon contract award.

The successful candidate will:

 * Apply an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop and verify complex automated execution scripts and large-scale data post-processing engines.
 * Evaluate customer/operational needs to define test script logic, coordinate automated pipeline scaling, and assure data capture across all active telemetry interfaces.
 * Perform various analyses to optimize mass regression cycles, automated run reliability, and telemetry analytics reporting pipelines.
 * Perform analyses for pass/fail trend vectors, parameter performance bounds, runtime exceptions, diagnostic processing speed, test matrix efficiency, and other specialties that factor into a preferred configuration to ensure mission success., * Ensure compliance with system requirements and specifications of the design and development of automation software logic and analytical scripts.
 * Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including modeling, verification, and hardware engineers, to integrate continuous regression loops into the test schedule.
 * Define and document the automation framework dependencies, data storage maps, and telemetry report layouts.
 * Ensure compliance with software scripting standards, metric validation policies, and data processing security rules.
 * Support test plans and procedure development to systematically run batch simulation cycles without manual intervention.
 * Support the troubleshooting and resolution of script timing faults, database gaps, or corrupted telemetry files caught post-run.