Aerospace Hardware Test Automation Engineer I

Inversion Space Company; California; On-site; USD 77,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Inversion, an aerospace and defense company, is headquartered in Los Angeles and develops the Arc reentry spacecraft for fast global cargo and testing. The company operates from Playa Vista, CA, with ITAR and security commitments, delivering rapid hardware-software integration across the engineering stack.

We seek a Hardware Test and Automation Engineer to automate EGSE/HIL environments, build emulators, and enable iterative development with automated testing and deployment in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering or equivalent technical experience.
• Typically 1+ years of applicable hands-on hardware experience.
• Proficiency in Python, Lua, Bash, PowerShell or similar scripting languages.
• Proficiency in C/C++, Rust or similar embedded languages.
• Experience with Linux-based systems.
• Ability to obtain/maintain US government Secret/Top Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Automate provisioning, deployment, execution, operation, and logging tasks.
• Develop automated test scripts for qualification of flight software and hardware.
• Develop device API wrappers for EGSE equipment.
• Develop emulators for flight hardware to support SIL/HIL testing.
• Integrate electronics hardware for HIL simulation workflows.
• Contribute to design of a simulation system provisioning resources for workflows.

Skills

Python

Lua

Bash

PowerShell

C/C++

Rust

Linux

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or electrical/computer engineering or equivalent

Tools

Docker

ROS 2

Webots

Orocos

YARP

InfluxDB

Prometheus

Kafka

Job description

Inversion, an aerospace and defense company, is headquartered in Los Angeles and develops the Arc reentry spacecraft for fast global cargo and testing. The company operates from Playa Vista, CA, with ITAR and security commitments, delivering rapid hardware-software integration across the engineering stack.

We seek a Hardware Test and Automation Engineer to automate EGSE/HIL environments, build emulators, and enable iterative development with automated testing and deployment in a fast-paced