Astranis
Software Engineer - Vehicle Test
$130K–$175K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 3+ 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 integrated satellite vehicles and flight hardware, supporting flight readiness and production troubleshooting.
What you'll do
- Design reusable software architecture, test code, and infrastructure for vehicle integration, test campaigns, and flight-software validation.
- Refine hardware test specifications, support development through testing and flight, and troubleshoot flight or production issues on a rotating on-call shift.
- Coordinate across engineering teams and guide test campaigns, including mentoring and recruiting.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering (or equivalent background knowledge)
- 3+ 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
$130,000 — $175,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python, Linux
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