Principal Engineer, Software & Integration Quality

Job overview

The Principal Engineer, Software & Integration Quality role is remote, with occasional travel of one to two weeks per quarter to headquarters in San Antonio, TX and potentially to customer, field, or partner sites; compensation is not specified. Darkhive develops autonomous systems and hardware and software for public safety and defense networks. The principal engineer builds software quality, systems integration quality, and operational reliability capabilities across Darkhive’s autonomous systems. The role leads validation and integration efforts, investigates field issues, and works across engineering teams to improve reliability and deployment readiness.

What you'll do

• Build software quality engineering and systems integration quality capabilities
• lead integration quality initiatives across cloud, embedded systems, networking, telemetry, firmware, APIs, and mission systems
• develop validation, regression testing, and operational readiness strategies
• investigate root causes and troubleshoot field issues
• develop automated test frameworks and CI/CD quality gates
• establish quality KPIs and reliability metrics
• support incident response, cybersecurity, and secure deployment
• mentor engineering colleagues.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

principal engineer

software quality

systems integration

remote

darkhive

autonomous systems

robotics

defense technology

ci/cd

automated testing

operational reliability

occasional travel

security clearance eligibility

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Collaborative work environment, mission-driven team and product, opportunity to help shape a growing organization, work-life balance, and exposure to robotics and defense technology.

Why this role

Remote position with occasional travel of one to two weeks per quarter; the posting states that visa sponsorship is not provided and candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

About the employer

Darkhive, Inc is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.