Astranis
Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Test
$150K–$215K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years total of relevant professional experience
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering (or equivalent background knowledge)
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required
About the job
Design and build software architecture and testing infrastructure to validate satellite hardware and integrate flight software across vehicle test campaigns.
What you'll do
- Create vehicle integration and test software architecture, reusable test code, and infrastructure across teams.
- Integrate flight software into test systems, validate critical flight components, and support development through testing and flight.
- Guide test campaigns, mentor junior engineers, assist with hiring, and participate in rotating on-call support.
What they ask for
- 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
Nice to have
- Experience working with relational or time series databases
- Embedded systems experience; experience mentoring junior engineers
Pay
$150,000 — $215,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, Linux
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