Staff QA Test Engineer

Shield AI is a leading producer of 3D simulator content including geospecific visual and sensor databases and realistic 3D models. We seek people who share our passion for real-time computer graphics and our commitment to helping make our Nations pilots safer. You will work with talented people across the graphics engineering and quality disciplines.

The Staff Manual QA Engineer is a senior hands-on tester with a strong command of QA methods and software delivery processes. This role leads complex manual testing improves test coverage and traceability supports release decisions and contributes tests and enhancements within established automation pipelines.

• Lead risk-based manual testing for a major product area and determine scope from requirements designs change lists and defects.
• Create and maintain manual test plans test cases test data and requirement traceability.
• Prepare representative environments and execute functional integration system regression smoke exploratory acceptance and release testing.
• Investigate failures report and track defects isolate root causes with engineers verify fixes and identify regression coverage.
• Assess results coverage gaps unresolved defects and risk to support release-readiness decisions.
• Contribute and maintain test cases scripts utilities and targeted functionality within existing automation frameworks and CI pipelines.
• Improve QA processes for test intake planning execution defect management reporting and release validation.
• Apply approved AI tools throughout the QA process to analyze requirements identify test scenarios and edge cases draft test cases assist with failure analysis summarize results and improve documentation. Review and validate all AI-generated output before use.
• Share practical AI techniques with the QA team and help identify QA tasks where AI can improve coverage consistency or efficiency.
• Coordinate testing across teams and mentor QA engineers in test design investigation techniques product knowledge and QA processes.

• Seven to ten years of experience in manual software testing quality assurance or quality engineering.
• Strong knowledge of QA principles software and test lifecycles risk-based testing and defect management.
• Ability to independently plan and execute testing for complex features systems builds and releases.
• Experience creating test plans test cases traceability records defect reports and test summaries.
• Ability to investigate failures interpret logs and output and clearly communicate findings.
• Ability to analyze debug and trace C code to identify the root cause of software issues.
• Experience with test management issue tracking configuration management and continuous integration tools.
• Ability to contribute tests or supporting functionality to existing automated test suites and pipelines.
• Familiarity with AI tools and experience applying them to QA planning test design analysis reporting or documentation. AI expertise is not required.
• Strong organizational communication mentoring and problem-solving skills.
• College or university degree.
• Eligibility to work with export-controlled technology.

• BA or BS in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field.
• Experience testing 3D graphics modeling simulation image generation sensor or real-time software.
• Working knowledge of Python C or another language used to support testing within Jenkins or a similar CI environment.
• Experience with Jira Confluence Perforce Git test management systems or comparable tools.
• Experience testing distributed systems hardware and software integrations or multiple supported product configurations.

We offer a very attractive compensation package including competitive base salary company performance-based profit sharing 401k100% employer paid health benefits (medical dental vision life std ltd and life insurance plans).

No relocation reimbursement provided.

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This position description is not intended to be a complete listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee holding this position. Duties responsibilities and activities may be changed or others may be assigned at any time by the Company with notice to the employee.

Shield AI is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing access and opportunities to individuals with disabilities. If you are an applicant who is unable to fully utilize/access our application process because of a disability Aechelon Technology will provide a reasonable accommodation. Please send an email to to request that accommodation and please be sure to include a detailed description of your requested accommodation your name and preferred method of contact.