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Astranis

Hardware Integration Test Engineer

$150K–$215K

San Francisco, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Jun 23, 2023

Location
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States
Experience
2–5+ years in hardware integration, systems bring-up, or test engineering; 2+ years with Python or equivalent scripting; 1+ years with Linux and shell command-line tools; 1+ years with version control systems.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in EE, AE, CS, or equivalent background knowledge.
Visa sponsorship
Requires U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or refugee/asylee status, or other protected individual status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

About the job

Designs, builds, and maintains satellite hardware-in-the-loop testbeds, ensuring they are reliable and ready to validate satellite systems.

What you'll do

  • Own flatsat and HITL testbed builds, from design and BOM development through procurement and software bring-up.
  • Diagnose hardware and software failures, manage testbed health, and improve monitoring and automated operations.
  • Expand simulations and make testbed architecture decisions in collaboration with engineering teams.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree in EE, AE, CS, or equivalent background knowledge.
  • Experience in hardware integration, systems bring-up, or test engineering.
  • Experience with embedded systems or laboratory test hardware; ability to read schematics and debug circuits interfacing with embedded software.
  • Experience using Python or an equivalent high-level scripting language for test automation, Linux and shell tools, and version control systems.

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with flight software architectures, telemetry systems, or simulation frameworks.
  • Experience with networked lab infrastructure, Kubernetes, or Linux system administration.

Pay

$150,000 — $215,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

Python, Linux, shell, git, Kubernetes, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes

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