Hardware Test & Automation Engineer I (HIL/SIL)

Inversion; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Inversion, an aerospace and defense leader headquartered in Los Angeles, seeks a Hardware Test and Automation Engineer to advance simulation, testing, and automation of EGSE and HIL workflows. You will join a team delivering rapid, repeatable development and deployment for flight software and hardware.

Responsibilities include building automated scripts, emulators, and hardware integration for SIL/HIL testing, plus developing reusable APIs and harnesses to enable fast validation across the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years hardware experience with hands-on systems.
• Scripting in Python, Lua, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Embedded languages such as C/C++ or Rust.
• Experience with Linux-based systems.

Responsibilities

• Automate provisioning, deployment, execution, operation, and logging tasks.
• Develop automated test scripts for flight software and hardware systems.
• Create device API wrappers for EGSE equipment.
• Develop emulators for flight hardware for SIL/HIL testing.
• Integrate hardware for HIL simulation workflows and troubleshoot interfaces.
• Contribute to a simulation system that provisions and deploys resources automatically.

Skills

Python

Lua

Bash

PowerShell

C/C++

Rust

Linux

Hardware integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or equivalent

Tools

ROS 2

Docker

Docker Compose

Git

InfluxDB

Prometheus

NATS

Apache Kafka

RabbitMQ

Webots

Orocos

YARP

Job description

Inversion, an aerospace and defense leader headquartered in Los Angeles, seeks a Hardware Test and Automation Engineer to advance simulation, testing, and automation of EGSE and HIL workflows. You will join a team delivering rapid, repeatable development and deployment for flight software and hardware.

Responsibilities include building automated scripts, emulators, and hardware integration for SIL/HIL testing, plus developing reusable APIs and harnesses to enable fast validation across the