Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

DroneDeploy

Senior QA Engineer overseeing drone flight tests and quality assurance processes at DroneDeploy. Ensuring product quality through field testing, automation, and effective communication with the QA team.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidiOSJavaScriptJenkinsPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Field testing - Daily drone flights for regression, acceptance, and validation. You need physical space to fly (e.g. 10+ acres accessible from your location) and the judgment to run a high-quality flight program on your own.
Test planning and execution - Define comprehensive test plans for new features and releases. Know the requirements better than the PM or EM. Catch edge cases before anyone else sees them.
QA team coordination - Design and schedule QA test programs, write clear plans and checklists, and reduce back-and-forth so QA is never the bottleneck.
Bug reporting quality - Own the bug reporting rubric (repro steps, severity, exposure, context, logs, media) and enforce it so triage is plug-and-play - no validation pass needed to understand a ticket.
Regression strategy - Manage Dock, Android, and iOS regression suites. Own the "regression found" playbook. Make sure the suites actually test user workflows and catch what matters.
Automated testing - Build and maintain automation to reduce manual testing load and increase confidence. AI-first approach to test setup, maintenance, and analysis.
Quality metrics - Track post-release bugs per feature, escalation patterns, QA throughput, and SLO-violating issues. Use them to improve processes and focus QA resources where they reduce risk most.
Equipment and environments - Maintain Qase suites, device/drone inventory, firmware tracking, and internal QA tooling. No fire drills because something wasn't set up.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Space to fly - access to 10+ acres for daily drone operations (place of residence or nearby)
FAA Part 107 Certificate (required; can obtain upon hiring)
Hardware QA experience - you know how to validate hardware behavior end-to-end, not just software
4+ years in QA/quality engineering for hardware or mobile products
Automation mindset - you build automation to reduce manual load and ship with higher confidence
Proactive by default - you surface issues, risks, and blockers without being asked
Code/Scripting - Strong coding/scripting skills in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, or similar
Test/Defect platforms - Experience with test case management (Qase or similar) and defect tracking (Jira)
Communication - Clear communicator who can write a concise bug ticket, run a crisp standup update, and coordinate a team
AI Tooling - AI is a core part of how this role works — not optional. You'll use AI tools for test setup and maintenance, bug analysis and triage, metrics review, and taking a first-pass at resolving new bug tickets in code. We expect candidates to already be using AI in their QA work and to be enthusiastic about pushing that further.
Experience testing mobile apps (Android/iOS) with frameworks like Appium, Espresso, or Detox
Familiarity with robotics, geospatial, or autonomous systems
CI/CD pipeline experience (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins)
API and integration testing
Experience with drone flight systems, RTK/PPK workflows, or embedded firmware

Benefits

Comp & perks

Culture of Innovation & Collaboration – Thrive in an environment that values creativity and teamwork.
Drone Certification – Get certified and gain unique, hands-on skills with our full backing.
Flexible Work Arrangements – Enjoy autonomy with remote-first options and schedule flexibility.
Paid Family Leave – Take the time you need to support your family during life’s most important moments.
Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage – Plans designed to support your well-being.
Career & Growth Development – Build new skills and unlock opportunities through continuous learning.
Flexible PTO – Take time off when you need it to recharge—we trust you to manage your time well.
Employee Referral Bonus – Know someone great? Refer them and earn a bonus when they join our team.

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Hard Skills & Tools

hardware QAautomationPythonTypeScriptJavaScripttest case managementdefect trackingAPI testingintegration testingmobile app testing

Soft Skills

proactivecommunicationteam coordinationproblem-solvingattention to detail

Certifications

FAA Part 107 Certificate