Quality Engineer II - Dedrone

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Job Title

Quality Engineer II

Job Location

Sterling, Virginia, United States

Job Listing URL

https://www.dedrone.com/about/jobs?gh_jid=6228557003

Job Description

Company Overview: Dedrone is the world’s most trusted smart airspace security company. Hundreds of commercial, government and military customers around the world rely on Dedrone’s comprehensive, command and control (C2) solution to protect against the persistent and escalating threat from drones while enabling “good” drones to fly. By leveraging AI/ML, Dedrone is the only solution that provides continuous, autonomous interrogation and verification of drones that enables both multi-sensor and multi-mitigation options onto a single fused "pane-of-glass". Whether on-premise / air-gapped or in the cloud, Dedrone customers can easily detect, track, identify, analyze, and mitigate drone threats.

Your Impact

As a Quality Engineer at Dedrone, you will be instrumental in ensuring the performance, reliability, and safety of our integrated cUAS systems, spanning various Dedrone solutions, including portable or vehicle mounted as well as mitigation solutions. Your role will involve developing and ensuring comprehensive validation strategies, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and guiding continuous improvement in both our hardware validation processes and the overall performance and reliability of our products and solutions. Given our global team, you will occasionally travel to support validation activities on-site and coordinate successfully across different time zones.

Location: Onsite at our Sterling office

Reports to: Director of Quality Engineering

What You’ll Do

Develop and Define Validation Strategies: Establish quality requirements and validation guidelines for complex hardware systems, ensuring they meet all performance, safety, and reliability standards. Work closely with product engineering teams to facilitate the execution and compliance of these strategies.
Ensure System Integration Testing: Oversee and define the validation framework for integrated systems, ensuring seamless operation of hardware components within the Dedrone ecosystem while supporting product teams in executing these tests.
Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with design, software, and manufacturing teams to identify potential issues early in the development process, ensuring cohesive system functionality and compliance with validation standards.
Analyze and Report Findings: Define methods for interpreting test data, identifying trends, root causes of failures, and areas for improvement, while ensuring clear and actionable reports are provided to stakeholders.
Drive Continuous Improvement: Promote and implement enhancements to validation methodologies, tools, and processes, supporting product teams in elevating the overall quality of Dedrone's hardware offerings.
Support Test Automation Efforts: Guide the development and maintenance of automated testing frameworks, ensuring efficiency and coverage of validation activities, while enabling product teams to implement automated test solutions.

What You Bring

Educational Background: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Quality Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field with equivalent practical experience.
Professional Experience: 3+ years in hardware systems validation, with a focus on complex, integrated systems.
Technical Proficiency: Solid knowledge of system-level hardware testing methodologies, experience with test automation tools (e.g., Python, LabVIEW), and insight with relevant industry standards.
Analytical Skills: Ability to examine complex data sets to identify issues and drive solutions.
Communication Skills: Exceptional verbal and written English proficiency is required, with experience presenting findings to diverse audiences in a clear and professional manner.
Team Collaboration: Proven ability to work proficiently in cross-functional teams, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability.
Attention to Detail: Meticulous approach to validation activities, ensuring all aspects of system performance are thoroughly evaluated.
Problem-Solving Aptitude: Robust troubleshooting skills, with the ability to devise innovative solutions to complex challenges.
Adaptability: Willingness to travel (approximately 10%) to support validation activities at various locations.

Work Location

This role is based out of our Sterling Office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.

Benefits that Benefit You

Competitive salary and 401k with employer match

Discretionary paid time off

Paid parental leave for all

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

Fitness Programs

Emotional & Mental Wellness support

Learning & Development programs

And yes, we have snacks in our offices

Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work. **

Don’t meet every single requirement? That's ok. At Dedrone, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.

Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.

Dedrone is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Dedrone’s impact on the environment. All Dedrone employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental, health, and safety regulations, policies, and procedures. Dedrone employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.

We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes justice, advances equity, values diversity and fosters inclusion. We’re committed to hiring the best talent — regardless of race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances — and empowering all of our employees so they can do their best work. If you have a disability or special need that requires assistance or accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email recruitingops@axon.com.

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