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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