Aurelius Systems builds AI-powered directed energy laser defense platforms protecting troops, bases, and infrastructure from UAS drone threats. Backed by General Catalyst.
About the role
We're hiring a Test Engineer, R&D to build our test infrastructure from the ground up: test automation, harnessing, simulation, HITL environments, etc You'll work closely with hardware, software, and electrical teams to define what needs testing and why, then build the tooling to test it. You're responsible for the process end to end: Test design, execution, analysis, and driving design through findings.
What they're looking for
- Strong electrical wiring and bench skills — scopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, DMMs, harness fabrication
- Python or scripting for test automation. You build your own tools
- Strong debugging instincts across firmware, power rails, and electrical
- Comfort with DFM concepts — you understand how production constraints shape what's testable
- Performance, reliability, and safety testing as a combined skill set. You know how to stress a system, log what breaks, and define pass/fail criteria that actually matter
- Clear written communication around failures and root cause. Your test reports tell a story, not just a data dump
More about this role
Aurelius Systems is a VC backed defense tech startup building autonomous, edge deployed directed energy systems for counter-UAS. We build laser weapons to shoot down drones.
We're a small team of engineers, former US military operators, and subject matter experts scaling America's directed energy dominance. The first cost effective, reliable and robust laser weapon system.
Our namesake isn't an accident. Marcus Aurelius wrote about doing the work in front of you, every day, without excuses. Henry Ford didn't wait for permission to reinvent manufacturing. That's how we operate — small team, unreasonable output, no hiding behind the unachievable.
In addition to our San Francisco lab, we’ve opened a Detroit manufacturing hub and we field test weekly on our own 400-acre private range.
We're hiring a Test Engineer, R&D to build our test infrastructure from the ground up: test automation, harnessing, simulation, HITL environments, etc
You'll work closely with hardware, software, and electrical teams to define what needs testing and why, then build the tooling to test it. You're responsible for the process end to end: Test design, execution, analysis, and driving design through...
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