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# Autonomy Test/ Integration Engineer

- **Company:** AM Pierce & Associates
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $115,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering, Automation of Tests, C++ (Programming Language), Configuration Management, Computer Engineering, System Configuration, Software Debugging, Embedded Software, Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation, Python (Programming Language), Distributed Simulation, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Strategies of Testing, Multi-Agent Systems, Git, Linux Development, Information Technology, Modeling and Simulation
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/16_c78809652

## About the Role

* Active DoD Secret Clearance, required.
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Robotics, Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline.
 * 3-8 years of relevant engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated capability.
 * Candidates should have practical experience developing, integrating, extending, debugging, or rigorously testing autonomous system software and understand the fundamental autonomy processing chain:

Mission / Task Inputs * Operational State * Planning / Decision * Execution * System Command * System Response * Observation / Feedback * Updated State

 * Relevant experience may include mission autonomy, planning and replanning, decision-making, behavior execution, world models, state management, vehicle control interfaces, mission systems, multi-agent coordination, resource management, runtime feedback, or failure recovery.
 * The engineer must be capable of examining unfamiliar autonomy implementation and determining what must be stimulated, controlled, observed, measured, and evaluated to establish whether the autonomy is operating correctly.
 * Hands-on experience implementing, integrating, debugging, or testing autonomy software.
 * Demonstrated understanding of the architecture and operation of at least one autonomy system or significant autonomy subsystem.
 * Strong software development skills, preferably C++, with Python or similar languages for test automation, simulation, and analysis.
 * Experience with software integration, automated testing, test harnesses, simulation, instrumentation, or engineering support tools.
 * Experience debugging complex software and system-integration problems using logs, telemetry, runtime traces, or similar evidence.
 * Linux development and Git/configuration-management experience.
 * Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and technical communication skills.

Desired Experience:

 * Experience with multiple autonomy architectures; mission autonomy; robotics or uncrewed systems; AI/planning systems; multi-agent autonomy; aerospace systems; modeling and simulation; SIL/HIL testing; real-time or embedded software; vehicle dynamics; JSBSim, FlightGear, JSE/JTB, AFSIM, or similar environments; DDS/UDP/distributed communications; tactical or mission systems; MOSA; and government or defense software development.

## Description

The Position: We are looking for a candidate who will be performing the role of an Autonomy Test & Integration Engineer - Journeyman. The Autonomy Test & Integration Engineer develops independent test infrastructure used to integrate, exercise, and evaluate third-party autonomy software. The position is not initially focused on developing autonomy products; however, hands-on autonomy implementation experience is a key qualification. Credible autonomy testing requires understanding how autonomy systems represent operational state, plan, make decisions, execute behaviors, interact with controlled systems, process feedback, and adapt to changing mission conditions., * Design, develop, integrate, and maintain third-party autonomy test frameworks and supporting software.

 * Analyze vendor autonomy architectures, software, interfaces, data models, decision/execution mechanisms, and feedback paths to determine appropriate integration and test approaches.
 * Develop adapters, test harnesses, simulation interfaces, instrumentation, test automation, data collection, analysis, visualization, and supporting tools.
 * Adapt the test framework to accommodate different autonomy architectures, interfaces, execution models, and system configurations.
 * Develop test strategies that evaluate autonomous behavior and mission performance, not simply interface or message compliance.
 * Create repeatable scenarios and test stimuli involving changing mission conditions, constraints, threats, failures, degraded capabilities, resource limitations, and other operational events.
 * Instrument and analyze autonomy decisions, plans, behaviors, commands, state transitions, feedback, and mission outcomes.
 * Determine whether observed anomalies originate in the autonomy implementation, integration, simulation, configuration, or test infrastructure.
 * Integrate autonomy software with vehicle models, mission systems, simulations, communications infrastructure, and external services.
 * Support software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, distributed simulation, demonstrations, experimentation, and formal test events.
 * Document test architecture, procedures, assumptions, results, limitations, and technical findings.