Senior Test Infra Engineer — HIL/CI for Space Systems

Loft Orbital; Toulouse; Hybride; EUR 65 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Equity in Loft Orbital

Up to 35 days PTO + RTT

Health and life insurance

Lunch vouchers

Cross-office travel (SF, CO, Toulouse)

Relocation assistance to Toulouse

Team off-sites and events

Résumé du poste

Loft Orbital is seeking a Test Infrastructure Engineer to design and maintain high-fidelity HIL testbeds that emulate spacecraft systems, sensors, and comms. You will build EGSE interfaces and develop frameworks to simulate faults and mission scenarios, collaborating with cross-functional teams across our Toulouse and other sites.

The role emphasizes embedded hardware, networking, and Python-based automation, with exposure to Docker, NixOS, and modern CI tools.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science or a similar field.
• 2+ years working with Linux systems, including configuration, debugging, and system-level troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (OSI layers, packet analysis, data exchange protocols like TCP/IP and UDP).
• Hands-on experience with embedded systems or low-level hardware (Raspberry Pi, Arduino, microcontrollers, or similar).
• Proficiency in Python (3.9+) for building test automation frameworks, device drivers, or test orchestration tools.
• Experience containerizing applications with Docker.
• Familiarity with at least one modern CI tool (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, Buildkite, CircleCI) and integrating test pipelines.

Responsabilités

• Design, build, deploy, and maintain high-fidelity Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testbeds that emulate spacecraft systems, sensors, and communication links.
• Design, build, deploy, and maintain Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) that interfaces with space vehicles under Assembly, Integration & Tests, allowing Validation and Verification of spacecrafts and their software before their launch campaigns.
• Develop tools and frameworks that allow teams to simulate faults, edge cases, and mission scenarios that are difficult or costly to reproduce with physical hardware alone.
• Work closely with systems, software, hardware, and operations teams to understand evolving test requirements and integrate feedback into the platforms.
• Maintain and extend test infrastructure to support continuous integration (CI) pipelines, ensuring every code change is validated with realistic system-level tests.
• Troubleshoot complex system issues spanning software, embedded hardware, networking, and system configuration.

Connaissances

Linux

Networking basics

Embedded systems

Python

CI frameworks

Test automation

HIL/SIL testing

Networking simulation

Formation

Master's degree in Computer Science

Outils

Docker

NixOS

Jenkins

GitLab CI

CircleCI

Description du poste

Loft Orbital is seeking a Test Infrastructure Engineer to design and maintain high-fidelity HIL testbeds that emulate spacecraft systems, sensors, and comms. You will build EGSE interfaces and develop frameworks to simulate faults and mission scenarios, collaborating with cross-functional teams across our Toulouse and other sites.

The role emphasizes embedded hardware, networking, and Python-based automation, with exposure to Docker, NixOS, and modern CI tools.