FlytBase - Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer - Automation/Manual Testing (3-4 yrs)

The Role : Senior QA Engineer Mission-Critical Testing

Your mission : Make sure our autonomous drone systems work every time, everywhere, under every condition.

This is not just about catching bugs.

Its about owning system reliability from prototype to production.

What Youll Own (Not Just Do) :

- Test Infrastructure Leadership : Design and own frameworks for manual + automated testing across simulator, drone, and hardware-in-loop environments.

- Hands-on Testing : Personally validate core software modules, APIs, mission logic, and edge-case scenarios.

- Systems Thinking : Create test strategies that scale across fleets, geographies, and client configurations.

- Bug Ownership : Triaging, logging, root-cause analysis, and follow-updone with clarity and urgency.

- Cross-Team Collaboration : Work closely with Engineering, Product, and DevOps to prevent regressions and build testability from Day 1.

- Process Evolution : Continuously improve our QA culture, tooling, and discipline.

- Mentorship : Guide junior QA engineers with high standards, sharp feedback, and goal alignment.

Who You Are :

- 35 years of experience testing domain.

- Experience in Hardware-software systems (UAVs, robotics, embedded systems) is preferred.

- Comfortable with real-world testing : regressions, field logs, test plans, system-level validations.

- Experience with scripting & automation (Python preferred; Bash/JS a bonus).

- Strong communicatorcan explain bugs, edge cases, and root causes clearly to both engineers and execs.

- Proactive, structured, obsessed with detailbut not blocked by it.

- Bonus : Familiarity with drone mission planning, GCS tools, ArduPilot/PX4, or safety-critical certifications.

What Makes You a Flyter :

- Ownership Without Oversight : You define what tested meansand ship accordingly.

- Velocity Over Perfection : You know when to automate and when to explore manually.

- Clarity in Chaos : Field bugs.

- Conflicting logs.

- Incomplete repros.

- You thrive in it.

- AI-Native Mindset : You use LLMs to write test cases, triage logs, and document findings.

- You Treat QA as a Product : You care about user experience, edge behavior, and silent failures.

What We Dont Want :

- Manual-only testers waiting for Jira tickets.

- People who test just for coverage, not confidence.

- Bug reporters who dont debug.

- Siloed QA who avoid architecture-level understanding.

- Anyone who says "That's not my job.

Why FlytBase :

- Youll be a core part of launching real autonomous systems into the field.

- Your work will directly impact safety, reliability, and scale for Fortune 500 clients.

- Youll help shape our QA culturethis is a blank canvas, not a fixed system.

- We're a high-agency, AI-native, deeply mission-driven teamand we move fast.

Perks :

- High-agency, high-autonomy culture.

- Latest tools + custom AI stack (use LLMs, dont fear them).

- International deployments (solar farms in the desert, rail yards in the snow).

- Flexible leave, flat structure, zero micromanagement.

- ESOPs Own a slice of the platform youre helping stabilize.

- Annual Family Day & open-house demo events.