Hardware Test Engineer I — HITL Testbeds & EGSE

Climactic; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 127,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Muon Space is seeking an early-career Hardware Test Engineer to join the Testbeds & EGSE team in San Jose. You will help design, assemble, and bring up HITL testbeds and EGSE to support satellite integration and testing.

The role emphasizes hands-on hardware and cross-disciplinary collaboration with electrical, software, and systems engineers, with onsite work five days a week at our San Jose location.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands‑on experience building, testing, or debugging hardware in a complex electromechanical system.
• Background in electrical engineering, embedded software, mechanical engineering, or industrial controls
• Hands‑on hardware skills: assembly, wiring, and basic troubleshooting with tools like multimeters and oscilloscopes
• Understanding of electronics fundamentals and common communication interfaces (e.g., UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet)
• Basic scripting or programming ability (Python or Bash)
• Strong problem‑solving skills and a hands‑on approach to engineering challenges
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with a strong desire to learn in a fast-paced environment
• B.S. in an engineering discipline or equivalent hands‑on experience
• Comfort in a Linux heavy development environment

Responsibilities

• Build, integrate, and bring up HITL testbed hardware — racks, avionics modules, harnessing, and external interfaces — for each mission
• Assist in the design of testbed hardware and next-generation EGSE used to power, command, and monitor satellites during integration and test
• Work with the electrical missions team to translate flight hardware designs (block diagrams, schematics, drawings) into each mission's testbed configuration
• Debug hardware and interface issues across testbeds, working alongside electrical, software, and systems engineers
• Maintain testbed support infrastructure — power, network, and lab resources — and help respond when systems go down
• Create and maintain documentation: testbed architecture diagrams, build records, and checkout procedures
• Coordinate with supply chain and production teams on testbed inventory and module builds

Skills

Hands-on hardware

Electrical engineering

Embedded software

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Teamwork

Linux

Education

BS in engineering

Tools

Multimeters

Oscilloscopes

Altium

SolidWorks

Job description

Muon Space is seeking an early-career Hardware Test Engineer to join the Testbeds & EGSE team in San Jose. You will help design, assemble, and bring up HITL testbeds and EGSE to support satellite integration and testing.

The role emphasizes hands-on hardware and cross-disciplinary collaboration with electrical, software, and systems engineers, with onsite work five days a week at our San Jose location.