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Airbound is building the world's most efficient aircraft to revolutionize drone delivery logistics in India. The company aims to reduce delivery costs from ₹100/km to 10 paise/km by fundamentally redesigning aircraft from the ground up.
As a Hardware Test Automation Engineer, you will serve as the critical bridge between mechatronic systems and validation software. You will architect, build, and deploy test frameworks and automation software that flight, structures, and systems teams depend on to ensure aircraft safety and reliability. This role spans the full lifecycle from prototype validation through field root-cause analysis, working at the intersection of hardware and software.
Key responsibilities include:
- Design and deploy scalable test frameworks for hardware validation across R&D, production, and pre-flight stages
- Develop automation code for testers ranging from component-level characterization to full-system integration tests
- Integrate hardware interfaces including motor controllers, deployment mechanisms, and sensor arrays into automated test setups
- Design custom PCBAs and circuitry to support test fixture communications and signal conditioning when off-the-shelf solutions are insufficient
- Implement fault detection, comprehensive data logging, and remote monitoring to enable safe, lights-out testing
- Create dashboards and visualization tools for rapid interpretation of test results by the engineering team
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate testers with flight hardware and ensure high-fidelity environmental simulation
The role is in-office at Airbound's Bangalore headquarters (Hoskote) with alternate Saturday work schedules. The company offers comprehensive health insurance, relocation assistance, daily travel stipends, and advanced salary credit.
REQUIREMENTS:
Must-have:
- 2+ years of experience integrating hardware and software systems
- Production-level Python experience for test automation; working knowledge of embedded C for microcontroller interfacing
- Strong hands-on experience interfacing software with hardware (sensors, instrumentation, actuators) and reading complex datasheets
- Fluency with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software development practices in multidisciplinary engineering environments
- Knowledge of robotics communication protocols
- Experience building automation for safety-critical systems where software controls significant energy or physical motion
- Proven track record of writing hardware test plans and utilizing common test instrumentation (oscilloscopes, DAQs, load cells)
- Basic project management skills — able to scope, plan, and run projects with minimal oversight
- Ability to solve complex, multidisciplinary problems independently or as part of a high-velocity team
Good to have:
- Robotics/UAV systems test automation experience
- Custom PCBA design and development experience
