--- title: 'Senior Systems Test Engineer at AeroVect' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-systems-test-engineer-aerovect-atlanta-6t5hhqcy2mxb' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-07' --- # Senior Systems Test Engineer at AeroVect - **Company:** AeroVect - **Location:** Atlanta, GA - **Compensation:** $130k–$160k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-11-06 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-07 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/AeroVect/d0918f28-c018-4911-8237-a7acacce7930 ## Job description ## Who We Are AeroVect is transforming ground handling with autonomy, redefining how airlines and ground service providers around the globe run day-to-day operations. We are a Series A company backed by top-tier venture capital investors in aviation and autonomous driving. Our customers include some of the world’s largest airlines and ground handling providers. For more information, visit [www.aerovect.com](http://www.aerovect.com). We are seeking a detail-oriented Systems Test Engineer with a passion for autonomy and safety-critical systems to help lead the planning, execution, and analysis of structured testing activities of our self-driving vehicles and across our entire Autonomous Ground Support Equipment (AGSE) Service. This role is critical to ensuring safety, reliability, and performance through rigorous Verification & Validation (V&V) in simulation and real-world operational environments to enable scalability as AeroVect continues to develop its autonomous solutions. You Will - Work with the Head of Systems to: - Drive the V&V of dependable, safety-critical systems for AGSE in the airport driving environment - Develop and maintain test plans and protocols for evaluating AV system performance (including subsystems) across the ODD (including edge-case scenarios) - Provide artifacts to verify and validate requirements and inform deployment decisions - Oversee and execute manual and automated test cases as necessary in closed course and live operational environments to evaluate system performance, behaviors, and critical safety functionality - Operate and monitor AVs in various driving modes, ensuring safety and compliance during testing and data collection - Collect and analyze diagnostics, sensor streams (LiDAR, radar, camera, GPS, etc.), incident data, etc. to verify system performance and identify issues - Work cross-functionally with autonomy, HW, S&S teams to report issues, identify root causes of failures, validate fixes, and close test feedback loops - Build and maintain scripts and tools for test automation, report generation, and regression tracking to support continuous system validation - Participate in recurring triage and contribute to release-readiness and root cause analysis efforts - Mentor engineers in test-driven development You Have - Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, Mechatronics, Aerospace, or a related field (or equivalent experience) - 5+ years of hands-on experience in vehicle testing, embedded systems, and / or robotics - Familiarity with automotive / AV test procedures, including real-world and simulation - Familiarity with structured test processes (e.g., V-model, HIL/SIL testing), test automation, and data analysis tools - Strong debugging skills and ability to work with cross-disciplinary teams - Ability to communicate technical issues and solutions across all levels of the organization - Hands-on approach with a willingness to engage deeply and enjoy the work in a fast-paced startup environment with distributed, multidisciplinary teams - Strong organizational and analytical thinking abilities - Proximity to Atlanta, open to travel up to 25% We Prefer - MS or PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field - Experience developing, testing, and / or deploying autonomous vehicles, autonomous systems, robotics, or ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) - Experience with DOORS, Jama, Polarion, Enterprise Architect, etc. - Familiarity with safety standards in the development and deployment of complex autonomous systems (including to ISO 26262, ISO 21448, UL 4600, IEC 61508, ANSI B56.5, ISO3691, ANSI 15.08) - Familiarity with the airside driving environment at major global airports - Experience with data science and statistical analysis - Located in or willingness to relocate to Atlanta ## About AeroVect ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: AeroVect provides AI-powered autonomous ground support equipment (GSE) solutions to automate airside logistics for the world's largest airlines and airports. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: South San Francisco, California, USA - **Founded**: 2020 - **Founders**: Raymond Wang and Eugenio Donati ## Core Business - **Primary Industry**: Aviation logistics and autonomous vehicle technology (Airside Automation) - **Target Customers**: Large airlines, ground handling companies, and airports (Enterprise B2B) - **Mission/Purpose**: To enable unprecedented safety, reliability, and operational certainty in global aviation by deploying AI-powered autonomous ground support equipment. ## Products & Services - **[AeroVect Driver™]**: An AI-powered, self-driving system for Ground Support Equipment (GSE). It is trained on the world's largest airside driving dataset, provides 360° total awareness, and is designed to reduce human error, prevent costly incidents (e.g., collisions), and maximize asset uptime. It is currently deployed in live production operations. Type: Enterprise AI/Software + Hardware. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available. - **Key Metric**: - **Total Funding**: $20.0M (as of Series A, Oct 2024) - **Latest Round**: $18.0M Series A (Oct 2024) led by Nava Ventures. - **Employee Growth**: 56 employees (+62.5% YoY), with a large uptick in active job postings (156). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Nava Ventures (Lead Series A), Outsiders Fund, Flybridge Capital, Graphene Ventures, Liquid 2 Ventures, Future Back Ventures. - **Growth Signals**: - **Rapid Hiring**: 156 active job postings, a **+1318.2% YoY** increase, indicating a major scaling phase. - **Proven Deployment**: Has logged the "most miles driven in live production operations" and handled tens of thousands of aircraft crossings. - **Global Presence**: Offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Atlanta, Toronto, and Frankfurt, with operations across 5 countries including the UK and Greece. ## Competitive Advantages - **Domain-Specific Platform**: Unlike general autonomy companies, AeroVect builds exclusively for the aviation airside environment, giving them a deep moat in a highly regulated, niche market with high barriers to entry. - **Production-Proven Tech**: Claims the "most miles driven in live production operations" and a proven safety record with tens of thousands of real-world aircraft crossings, offering a significant reliability advantage over competitors still in testing. - **Proprietary Dataset**: Trained on the world's largest airside driving dataset, which is a difficult-to-replicate asset. - **Clear ROI for Customers**: Directly addresses labor shortages with cost predictability, reduces insurance/accident risks, and unlocks operational efficiency (cost efficiency, safety, scale). ## Strategic Focus - **Scale & Deployment**: Moving from pilot to widespread commercial deployment, as evidenced by the massive surge in hiring for deployment and engineering roles. - **Expansion**: Growing physical presence in key aviation hubs (Frankfurt, Toronto, New York). - **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring top engineering (Perception, Localization, Safety), operations, and product talent to accelerate product development and global rollout. ## Why Work Here - **High-Impact Work**: Employees see their technology directly supporting mission-critical operations at major international airports. - **Strong Growth Trajectory**: Joining a well-funded startup (Series A) that is in a massive hiring spree (+1300% YoY in job postings) offers significant career growth potential and project ownership. - **Culture**: Described by employees as a supportive family-like environment that aims high and pushes boundaries. The company emphasizes "significant project ownership from day one." - **Perks & Benefits**: - **Equity for all employees** - Flexible PTO (Flexible vacation) & Paid holidays - Medical coverage - Meals & snacks (in office) - **Global impact** - opportunity to travel to deploy technology at sites around the world. - **Work Policy**: Hybrid/Office presence likely required given the nature of the hardware/software deployment, with multiple office locations in the US, Canada, and Europe. ## Sources 1. [aerovect.com](https://www.aerovect.com/company) 2. [aerovect.com](https://www.aerovect.com/) 3. [aerovect.com](https://www.aerovect.com/careers) 4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/aerovect) 5. 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