20.02.2026

Kyiv

The Field Testing Lead will build, manage, and evolve the company’s field testing system for unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). This role involves defining testing strategy, leading a team, overseeing field tests, performing analytics, and developing processes to ensure systems are stable, reliable, and ready for combat operations.

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

  • 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

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  • 20 paid days off
  • paid sick leave
  • competitive salary
  • reservation from mobilization


ARK robotics
https://ark-robotics.com/

Building a new medium for human-machines collaboration We are entering a new era of mass use of robotics systems on the battlefield and core industries. It requires a new type of platforms to enable use of thousands different autonomous vehicles working together in realtime. The decision making speed of such platform will greatly exceed any existing human-in-the-loop systems and create true asymmetrical advantage for it's users. It also posses a new set of security challenges and requires radically new hardware and interfaces. We are building core foundational technologies to power multi-system autonomous fleets of the future. Our products asymmetrically expand the number of parallel real-time missions per operator and work as an integrated solution ready to be deployed for most critical use-cases. Ark was founded to use these technologies to protect the light of consciousness and expand it across the universe. We stand with free people of Earth and dare to dream of the stars.