Senior Test Software Architect — Hybrid (Defense/Aerospace)

Edison Smart®; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 198,000 - 242,000; Full time

Job summary

Edison Smart is seeking a Senior Test Software Architect in Austin, TX, offering a hybrid work model. You will shape the standard test architecture used across programs, from board-level testing to field instrumentation.

Ideal candidates bring proven experience building test or instrumentation software, owning cross-station frameworks, and strong Python or C# skills in a regulated environment. U.S. Person status is required for export control.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building test or instrumentation software.
• Proven ownership of a test framework used across stations or products.
• Instrument interfacing and driver development (VISA, SCPI, or equivalent).
• Strong Python, C#, or similar.
• Experience in a controlled or regulated environment.
• U.S. Person status required for export control.

Responsibilities

• Own the common test executive framework, instrument driver library, and sequence model, from board-level test through to field instrumentation
• Define the test result schema and data contract
• Own configuration management and release for test software that makes acceptance decisions on flight hardware, including tool qualification
• Set technical standards and mentor test systems engineers, without line management

Skills

Test software

Test framework ownership

Instrument interfacing

VISA

SCPI

Python

C#

Regulated environment experience

U.S. Person status

Tools

VISA

SCPI

Job description

Edison Smart is seeking a Senior Test Software Architect in Austin, TX, offering a hybrid work model. You will shape the standard test architecture used across programs, from board-level testing to field instrumentation.

Ideal candidates bring proven experience building test or instrumentation software, owning cross-station frameworks, and strong Python or C# skills in a regulated environment. U.S. Person status is required for export control.