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Automated Testing Module Lead

Harmattan AI· R&D
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Paris, LausanneFull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Senior hands-on technical leadership role responsible for owning Harmattan's scenario-based automated testing for autonomy and flight-software stack, establishing scenario libraries, execution strategy, and interfaces between simulation, SITL/HITL, and CI to achieve fast, reliable validation and close sim-to-real gaps.

Responsibilities

  • Take over, structure, and mandate the existing team of four engineers, with a roadmap to scale to around eight by mid-2027.
  • Drive the design of a versioned scenario library covering nominal, edge, off-nominal, and contested flight conditions; expand into Monte Carlo and multi-agent testing; mentor a team with no prior simulation experience.
  • Establish tests across SITL, HITL, and CI; define gating policies, telemetry capture, deterministic replay, and coverage analytics.
  • Negotiate and maintain strong, written technical boundaries with Tooling and co-ownership splits with Validation.
  • Correlate simulation models against real flight data to continuously measure and close the sim-to-real gap; ensure test gates reflect real-world flight readiness.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in automated testing, simulation-based validation, or test engineering for complex physical / hardware-in-the-loop systems (e.g., Autonomous Driving, Aerospace, Defense, Robotics).
  • Hands-on experience designing scenario-based test suites on a simulation platform and defining coverage to catch defects.
  • Proficiency in Python, C++, Linux, Docker, and CI environments; deep domain expertise in scenario design, SITL/HITL execution, and simulation tools.
  • Proven ability to lead and manage distributed engineers (Paris and Lausanne), including senior engineers.
  • Rigorous, analytical validation mindset for noisy metrics, false positives, and flaky test environments.
  • Track record of defining and maintaining interfaces with platform providers and internal customer teams.
  • Bonus: background in defense/aerospace flight software, control systems, or experience closing sim-to-real fidelity gaps.
  • Location: Based in Paris or Lausanne; travel between sites; working-level English.

Skills

Required:Automation testing leadershipScenario-based test designPythonC++LinuxDocker

Benefits

  • Immediate Impact: deliver test capability quickly with an existing platform.
  • High System Scope: own the entire scenario library and execution strategy across the autonomy stack.
  • Direct Mission Impact: accelerate deployment of resilient autonomous systems in real-world defense environments.
  • Cross-Functional Ownership: collaborate with Tooling, Validation, GNC, Perception, and Embedded SW teams to shape flight-software reliability.
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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