Lead HITL Testbed & EGSE Engineer

Muon Space; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 157,000 - 182,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

3 weeks vacation + 12 holidays

Job summary

Muon Space seeks a Hardware Test Engineer to join the Testbeds & EGSE team in San Jose, onsite 5 days a week. You will lead HITL testbed infrastructure design and the next generation of EGSE, while staying hands-on in build and bring-up across our testbeds used for satellite assembly and testing.

We value engineers with electrical, embedded software, mechanical, or industrial controls backgrounds who can translate block diagrams into testbed designs and collaborate with the electrical missions

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with complex electromechanical systems
• 2+ years in testbed, HITL, or test-infrastructure development
• Experience designing hardware that others build and use
• Ability to read electrical schematics, block diagrams, and production drawings
• Strong hands-on debugging skills across hardware and software interfaces with standard test equipment
• Scripting or programming ability (Python, Bash, or similar)
• Understanding of electronics fundamentals and common interfaces (e.g., UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet)
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills in a fast-paced environment
• B.S. in an engineering discipline or equivalent hands-on experience
• Comfort in a Linux development environment

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of future HITL testbed infrastructure: architecture, form factor, non-satellite hardware, and external interfaces
• Lead the design of next-generation EGSE used to power, command, and monitor satellites during integration and test
• Work with the electrical missions team to define each testbed's parallel of the mission's flight hardware, translating block diagrams, schematics, and drawings into testbed designs
• Build, integrate, and bring up testbed hardware alongside the team, and support the fleet in daily operation
• Generate and maintain testbed architecture diagrams, interface definitions, and design documentation
• Debug hardware and interface issues across testbeds to root cause, working with electrical, software, and systems engineers
• Coordinate with supply chain, production, and facilities teams on testbed inventory, module builds, and support resources
• Guide junior engineers and technicians on the team, and drive testbed designs that scale with an increasingly capable satellite fleet

Skills

Hands-on debugging

Read schematics

Python scripting

Linux development

Effective communication

Education

B.S. in engineering

Tools

Altium

SolidWorks

Job description

Muon Space seeks a Hardware Test Engineer to join the Testbeds & EGSE team in San Jose, onsite 5 days a week. You will lead HITL testbed infrastructure design and the next generation of EGSE, while staying hands-on in build and bring-up across our testbeds used for satellite assembly and testing.

We value engineers with electrical, embedded software, mechanical, or industrial controls backgrounds who can translate block diagrams into testbed designs and collaborate with the electrical missions