Inversion Space
Hardware Test and Automation Engineer I
$77K–$116K
Playa Vista, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Experience
- Typically 1+ years of applicable hands-on hardware experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or equivalent technical experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State to comply with ITAR.
About the job
Build and maintain automated hardware and software test systems, EGSE, and simulation test benches for Inversion’s flight systems.
What you'll do
- Automate provisioning, deployment, operation, execution, and logging for simulation resources.
- Develop test scripts, equipment API wrappers, and flight-hardware emulators for qualification and SIL/HIL testing.
- Integrate and troubleshoot electronics hardware for automated HIL workflows.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or equivalent technical experience.
- Typically 1+ years of applicable hands-on hardware experience.
- Proficiency in one or more scripting languages and one or more embedded languages.
- Experience with Linux-based systems and integrating unhoused/open-frame custom electronics and prototype hardware; ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Secret/Top Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience with data acquisition and logging; robotics middleware and autonomy stacks.
- Familiarity with modern DevOps practices, time-series databases, message-oriented middleware, or containerization.
Pay
USD 77,000 -$116,000 annual base salary
Tools
Python, Lua, Bash, PowerShell, C/C++, Rust, Linux, ROS 2
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