Senior Vehicle Test Software Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Healthcare

401(k)

Flexible PTO

Free on-site meals

Job summary

Astranis Space Technologies Corp. seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join the Vehicle Test team. You will design end-to-end software architecture for vehicle integration and testing, and support HITL testbeds for flight validation.

You will refine specifications from electrical engineers, collaborate with multiple teams, and help recruit and mentor engineers while ensuring hardware and software are flight-ready across product families.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering (or equivalent background knowledge)
• 5+ years total of relevant professional experience
• Strong proficiency in Python (or other high-level object oriented scripting language(s))
• Experience designing software systems and test architectures/tooling/frameworks
• Experience with Linux and shell command line tools
• A passion for building things, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
• 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 based on testing and production needs
• Work with ground software and flight software teams to integrate flight software into test infrastructure
• Design scalable test code to be reused across multiple different testing campaigns and vehicle generations
• Refine specifications from electrical engineers to validate critical flight components
• Support all phases of development from initial proposal development through successful test and flight
• Help guide large test campaigns by creating the tools necessary for its success and delegating and mentoring more junior Engineers
• Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team
• Participate on a rotating on-call shift to troubleshoot and resolve flight and production issues

Skills

Python

Test architecture

Linux

Communication skills

Hands-on engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Shell scripting

Test frameworks

Job description

Astranis Space Technologies Corp. seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join the Vehicle Test team. You will design end-to-end software architecture for vehicle integration and testing, and support HITL testbeds for flight validation.

You will refine specifications from electrical engineers, collaborate with multiple teams, and help recruit and mentor engineers while ensuring hardware and software are flight-ready across product families.