Senior Software QA Engineer, Aviation

Flock is a company focused on building technology for community safety, and they are seeking a Senior Software QA Engineer to lead quality assurance for their mechatronic systems. The role involves driving QA strategy, executing testing, and ensuring high system performance across their fleet.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end quality assurance strategy for mechatronic systems, spanning airborne hardware, ground docks, and cloud backends
• Author and execute comprehensive test plans, structuring test suites and execution metrics within test management platforms like Qase
• Build custom test scripts and modify test automation frameworks using Python and Bash
• Perform deep log-level debugging and issue isolation across microcontrollers, physical sensors, and edge devices using Linux CLI tools
• Develop automated Hardware-in-the-Loop and Software-in-the-Loop test suites to set formal quality gates for upcoming fleet rollouts

Requirements:

• Systems engineering and QA experience on safety-critical mechatronic systems such as robotics, autonomous vehicles, UAVs, or aerospace platforms
• Mastery of Linux environments, log-level debugging, and command-line interfaces across embedded devices and cloud infrastructures
• Proficiency in Python or Bash for authoring custom testing scripts and expanding test automation
• Demonstrated skill in structuring test plans, authoring detailed test cases, and managing execution metrics in tools like Qase
• Technical familiarity with serial communications such as CAN and UART, computer vision, edge computing, and live data streaming
• Experience with aviation standards, FAA Part 107 certification, Gazebo simulation, or cloud tools like AWS is a plus