Field testing Lead Frontline Operations

R&D

Kyiv

Full-time

Role Summary:

The Field Testing Lead is responsible for building, managing, and evolving the company’s field testing system, ensuring that all unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), software, and integrated solutions are stable, reliable, and ready for real combat operations.

Сore responsibilities

  • Key Responsibilities:

  • Testing Strategy & Management

  • Define the overall testing strategy and test programs, establish combat readiness criteria (release to field), plan testing campaigns for new products and customized configurations, align test plans with R&D, Integration, Customization, and Deployment teams

  • Testing Team Leadership

  • Provide operational leadership for the entire Field Testing Team

  • Allocate roles, tasks, and workload

  • Enforce testing discipline and result quality

  • Train and develop team members

  • Field Testing & Validation

  • Oversee execution of field and combat tests

  • Participate in critical tests and missions

  • Make go/no-go decisions for system deployment

  • Ensure rapid response to field issues

  • Analytics & Feedback

  • Organize collection of logs, telemetry, and field feedback

  • Perform incident and failure analysis (root cause analysis)

  • Deliver structured feedback to R&D, Integration, and Product teams

  • Maintain reporting on system reliability and stability

  • Processes & Standards

  • Develop testing SOPs, checklists, and quality standards

  • Implement testing best practices

  • Ensure a unified testing methodology across the organization

  • Key Competencies & Skills

  • Deep understanding of UGVs, embedded systems, communications, and combat systems (Former Ukrainian Armed Forces service members will be considered a strong advantage.)

  • Proven experience in planning and executing complex field test programs

  • Strong leadership and people management skills

  • Ability to operate under high-risk and time-constrained conditions

  • Analytical mindset with strong failure diagnosis skills

High discipline, ownership, and results orientation

Experience in defense, robotics, or other mission-critical environments — a strong advantage

Languages Needed:

Ukrainian

Values Alignment:

The Field Testing Team shares and reinforces the organisation’s values by operating at the intersection of engineering and real-world system deployment, where every test has a direct impact on safety, effectiveness, and the overall viability of the product.

Field testing Lead Frontline Operations

R&D

Kyiv

Full-time

Role Summary:

The Field Testing Lead is responsible for building, managing, and evolving the company’s field testing system, ensuring that all unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), software, and integrated solutions are stable, reliable, and ready for real combat operations.

Сore responsibilities

  • Key Responsibilities:

  • Testing Strategy & Management

  • Define the overall testing strategy and test programs, establish combat readiness criteria (release to field), plan testing campaigns for new products and customized configurations, align test plans with R&D, Integration, Customization, and Deployment teams

  • Testing Team Leadership

  • Provide operational leadership for the entire Field Testing Team

  • Allocate roles, tasks, and workload

  • Enforce testing discipline and result quality

  • Train and develop team members

  • Field Testing & Validation

  • Oversee execution of field and combat tests

  • Participate in critical tests and missions

  • Make go/no-go decisions for system deployment

  • Ensure rapid response to field issues

  • Analytics & Feedback

  • Organize collection of logs, telemetry, and field feedback

  • Perform incident and failure analysis (root cause analysis)

  • Deliver structured feedback to R&D, Integration, and Product teams

  • Maintain reporting on system reliability and stability

  • Processes & Standards

  • Develop testing SOPs, checklists, and quality standards

  • Implement testing best practices

  • Ensure a unified testing methodology across the organization

  • Key Competencies & Skills

  • Deep understanding of UGVs, embedded systems, communications, and combat systems (Former Ukrainian Armed Forces service members will be considered a strong advantage.)

  • Proven experience in planning and executing complex field test programs

  • Strong leadership and people management skills

  • Ability to operate under high-risk and time-constrained conditions

  • Analytical mindset with strong failure diagnosis skills

High discipline, ownership, and results orientation

Experience in defense, robotics, or other mission-critical environments — a strong advantage

Languages Needed:

Ukrainian

Values Alignment:

The Field Testing Team shares and reinforces the organisation’s values by operating at the intersection of engineering and real-world system deployment, where every test has a direct impact on safety, effectiveness, and the overall viability of the product.

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