Senior Software Engineer, Vehicle Test & Flight Validation

Astranis; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Healthcare coverage

Disability and life insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Flexible PTO

On-site catered meals

Job summary

Astranis invites applications for a Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Test to design the end-to-end software architecture for validating hardware at the vehicle level and to support HITL testbed infrastructure for flight validation. You will work in the lab to identify and fix complex issues in real-time, collaborating with multiple engineering teams to ensure mission-ready systems.

The role covers front-line testing across subsystems, with opportunities to contribute to the hardware lifecycle

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or EE or equivalent.
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Strong Python proficiency.
• Experience designing software systems and test architectures.
• Experience with Linux and shell command line tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design high-level software architecture in support of vehicle integration and test operations.
• Coordinate across multiple teams to create software testing infrastructure.
• Work with ground software and flight software teams to integrate flight software into test infrastructure.
• Design scalable test code to be reused across campaigns and generations.
• Refine specifications from electrical engineers to validate critical flight components.
• Support all phases of development from proposal through successful test and flight.
• Help guide large test campaigns by creating tools and mentoring junior engineers.
• Assist in recruiting and hiring additional teammates.
• Participate on a rotating on-call shift to troubleshoot and resolve flight and production issues.

Skills

Python

Software architecture

Linux

Scripting

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or equivalent

Tools

Shell

Testing infrastructure

Job description

Astranis invites applications for a Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Test to design the end-to-end software architecture for validating hardware at the vehicle level and to support HITL testbed infrastructure for flight validation. You will work in the lab to identify and fix complex issues in real-time, collaborating with multiple engineering teams to ensure mission-ready systems.

The role covers front-line testing across subsystems, with opportunities to contribute to the hardware lifecycle