Team Lead, Software Test & Quality Assurance (Aerospace)

Location: Hybrid, Melbourne, Australia

Salary: $0–$0 per year

Company

hirify.global is a venture-backed defense-tech company developing intelligent systems including Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and simulation and synthetic-reality technologies.

What you will do

• Lead, mentor, hire, onboard, and develop Software Test & Automation Engineers and Quality Assurance Engineers.
• Plan and prioritize testing across Hivemind Vision and Hivemind Solutions, managing schedules, risks, resources, and stakeholder communication.
• Implement and mature the Australian software test strategy across unit, integration, simulation, SIL, HIL, VIL, perception, imagery, autonomy, platform, and flight-test environments.
• Own release readiness, test evidence, approval matrices, go/no-go recommendations, traceability, quality metrics, and technical-review evidence.
• Set technical direction for Python-based automation, test frameworks, test harnesses, validation tooling, CI/CD integration, datasets, test environments, and cross-platform rigs.
• Coordinate root-cause investigations, flight and integration testing around Melbourne, engineering governance, and collaboration with global test and quality teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Aerospace, Electrical, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent overseas qualification.
• 8+ years of experience developing software test, verification, automation, validation, or quality assurance solutions for robotics, autonomy, aerospace, embedded, or other complex distributed systems.
• 2+ years leading engineers as a people manager or technical lead with responsibility for planning, prioritization, and mentoring.
• Experience implementing test strategy across multiple products or programs and owning software release or acceptance recommendations.
• Strong Python proficiency for automation, testing, and data analysis, including experience architecting automated test frameworks or validation infrastructure.
• Experience validating software in simulation, SIL, HIL, representative hardware, or flight-test environments; using CI/CD and continuous-validation practices.
• Experience with Linux and Windows test environments, requirements and test management tools such as Testrail, Cameo, DOORS, Polarion, or Jira, and fault-tracking systems.
• Strong understanding of software verification, regression testing, traceability, and quality assurance methodologies, plus experience in Agile software development.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presenting test evidence and release recommendations to senior stakeholders and customers.
• Ability to obtain an Australian NV1 security clearance and comply with export-control, security, safety, and customer-site requirements, including ITAR, EAR, and the Defence Trade Controls Act 2012.

Nice to have

• Experience testing computer vision, perception, or imaging-sensor systems using datasets and metrics.
• Experience with ArduPilot or PX4, unmanned aerial systems, real-time embedded software, autonomy, robotics, aerospace systems, flight controllers, radios, or communications systems.
• Experience producing evidence for technical reviews, customer acceptance, or airworthiness approval.
• Familiarity with DO-178C, DEF(AUST) 5679, ASDEFCON software requirements, AS9100, or ISO 9001.
• ISTQB Advanced or Test Manager accreditation.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on leadership role combining people development with technical ownership.
• Work across Australian and international engineering teams supporting defense and aerospace products.
• Employment is subject to cleared background checks and possible reference checks.
• Equal-opportunity workplace with accommodation available for disability or special needs.

Hiring process

• Offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check.
• Applications may be supported by AI tools for application review, resume analysis, response assessment, and consistency checks; final decisions are made by humans.