Senior Test Infrastructure Engineer – Spacecraft HIL/CI

Academic Key; Toulouse; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

35 days PTO

Health and life insurance

Lunch vouchers

Cross-office travel between SanFrancis

Company and team off-sites

Relocation assistance to Toulouse

Job summary

Loft Orbital is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and maintain test infrastructure across our Toulouse and international sites. You will build hardware-in-the-loop testbeds and EGSE interfaces, creating robust pipelines to validate spacecraft software and systems before launches.

You should be proficient in Linux, networking, embedded hardware, and Python, with Docker and modern CI tools. The role offers international collaboration and relocation support to Toulouse.

Qualifications

• 2+ years Linux system experience with troubleshooting.
• Strong networking fundamentals (OSI layers, TCP/IP, UDP).
• Hands-on experience with embedded hardware (Raspberry Pi, microcontrollers).
• Python 3.9+ for test automation frameworks and drivers.
• Docker containerization experience.
• Familiar with at least one modern CI tool and integrating test pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy, and maintain high‑fidelity HIL testbeds that emulate spacecraft systems, sensors, and communication links.
• Design, build, deploy, and maintain EGSE interfaces with space vehicles for Validation and Verification of spacecraft software.
• Develop tools to simulate faults, edge cases, and mission scenarios difficult to reproduce with hardware.
• Collaborate with systems, software, hardware, and operations teams to evolve test requirements.
• Keep test infrastructure aligned with CI pipelines for end-to-end validation of changes.
• Troubleshoot complex issues spanning software, embedded hardware, networking, and system configuration.

Skills

Linux

Networking

Embedded systems

Python

Docker

CI tools

Education

Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Buildkite

CircleCI

Job description

Loft Orbital is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and maintain test infrastructure across our Toulouse and international sites. You will build hardware-in-the-loop testbeds and EGSE interfaces, creating robust pipelines to validate spacecraft software and systems before launches.

You should be proficient in Linux, networking, embedded hardware, and Python, with Docker and modern CI tools. The role offers international collaboration and relocation support to Toulouse.