Embedded QA Engineer

Swarmer is pioneering the future of defense technology by making drones of any kind work together autonomously. We develop AI-powered collaborative autonomy for smart, efficient, and self-improving teaming of connected drones and autonomous systems.

ROLE OVERVIEW:

We are looking for someone who is skilled at testing embedded hardware solutions, enjoys finding ways to make our work better, and understands how smart devices are built and tested.

As an Embedded QA Engineer, you will be the quality cornerstone for our products, ensuring the reliability, performance, and robustness of our hardware and its integration with our software solutions.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Drive Quality for our Hardware solutions: You will be in charge of the quality of our hardware. This means understanding what the product should do, finding and reporting any problems from the first idea to the final product. This may include hardware components itself, firmware and integration with other systems.
• Plan and Document Your Tests: You will write, check, and update relevant test plans and reports. You will lead the planning for how we test hardware for our products.
• Test the Hardware and Firmware Yourself: You will test products by hand, and also create or work with tests automation where needed.
• Check Quality During Production: You will work with the manufacturing team to set up quality checks that find problems while we are building the products.
• Make Our Work Better: You will look for ways to improve our quality processes. You will also help other team members understand why quality is so important.
• Work With Different Teams: You will be the main person for all questions about hardware quality. You will help the hardware, software, and manufacturing teams work together smoothly.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Your Experience: At least 1 year of experience working as an embedded QAE, hardware QAE or hardware engineer.
• QA and Testing: You understand what it takes to build a quality product, and you know different methods and strategies for testing.
• Working with Smart Devices: You have experience working with Single Board Computers or Smart Devices (RaspberryPI or other devices with Linux on board) and microcontroller platforms (ESP32, STM32, Nordic, SIlabs, TI or other). Know how smart devices communicate with each other and with a cloud.
• Your Computer Skills: You are comfortable using the Linux operating system, Linux CLI and can write simple scripts which make you work easier.
• How Devices Talk to Each Other: You have experience finding and troubleshooting problems in system communications via MQTT, MAVLink ,CAN, I2C, UART and SPI protocols and interfaces.
• Working with Hardware and Tools: You have a background in Electrical or Radio engineering that allows you to read electronic schematics. You have skills in using measurement tools like a multimeter, slide gauge, and oscilloscope.
• Finding and Explaining Problems: You can look at available data, find the real cause of a problem, and write simple, clear reports about it.
• How You Work: You are a great teammate and communicator. You take responsibility for your work and can adapt to changes and work well under pressure.

Nice to have skills:

• You know how software is made, from start to finish (SDLC).
• You know the different parts of a drone and how they work together, especially the common ways they can fail.
• You are good at writing simple programs on Bash or Python to make testing automatic.
• Familiarity with wireless protocols (WiFi, Bluetooth, LoRa, cellular).
• Understand Virtualisation and Conteinerisation.

WE OFFER:

• A chance to shape the core autonomy and perception systems at the heart of Ukraine’s defense tech ecosystem and its international expansion.
• Direct impact in a high-stakes industry where security decisions carry real-world consequences.
• Professional growth through working with cutting-edge defense technologies and exposure to international security best practices.
• Competitive salary, benefits package (insurance, paid sick leaves, 20 paid days off per year).
• Benefits of the defense sector (reservation, etc).

HOW THE HIRING PROCESS WORKS:

✔️ Intro Call → ✔️ Technical Interview [2 parts] → ✔️ Final interview → ✔️ Security check → ✔️ Offer

Ready to Apply?
If you see risks before others do, and know how to turn vision into systems, we’d love to hear from you!