Astranis
Senior HITL Test Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Senior
Work authorization required$150k-$215kDetected 1 day ago
PythonGitKubernetesLinuxProcurementEmbedded SystemsAvionicsControlsTest AutomationCommunication
About the role
- With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts.
- Astranis has raised over $750 million from some of the world's best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs.
- If it runs on a satellite, it gets proven on HITL first.
Responsibilities
- Own the full lifecycle of flatsat and HITL testbed builds, from initial design and BOM development through hardware procurement and software bring-up
- Scope and design harnessing needs, coordinating with manufacturing to produce custom harnesses for flight-like hardware
- Drive testbed architecture decisions, including hardware allocation tradeoffs and risk mitigation for testbed contention
- Develop tooling to improve testbed observability, monitoring, and automated operations
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in EE, AE, CS (or equivalent background knowledge)
- 2-5+ years of experience in hardware integration, systems bring-up, or test engineering
- Comfort working across hardware and software, from rack assembly to debugging Python tracebacks
- Experience with embedded systems, EGSE, or laboratory hardware like logic analyzers and oscilloscopes
- 2+ years of experience with Python (or equivalent high-level scripting language) for test automation
- 1+ years of experience with Linux and shell command line tools
- 1+ years of experience with version control systems (git or equivalent)
- Experience reading schematics and debugging circuits that interface with embedded software
- Familiarity with flight software architectures, telemetry systems, or simulation frameworks
- Prior experience with networked lab infrastructure, Kubernetes, or Linux system administration
Compensation
- $150,000 - $215,000 USD
- Astranis pay ranges are informed and defined through professional-grade salary surveys and compensation data sources.
Benefits
- All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits.
- Base pay is just one component of Astranis's total rewards package.
- Serve on a rotating on-call point of contact for testbed health, triaging anomalies and managing access for other engineers
Company info
- Our mission and our products are meant to connect the world and everyone in it, regardless of gender, race, creed, or any other distinction.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required
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