Astranis
Software Engineer
Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Software Engineer to join our rapidly-growing team and improve our hardware testing capabilities. In this role, you will design the end-to-end software architecture used to validate hardware at the integrated vehicle levels as well as supporting our major HITL testbed infrastructure for flight validation.
About Astranis
Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military.
Requirements & Eligibility
- 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
- A passion for building things, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Key Responsibilities
- Design high-level software architecture in support of vehicle integration and test operations
- Coordinate across multiple teams to create software testing infrastructure based on testing and production needs
- Work with ground software and flight software teams to integrate flight software into test infrastructure
- Design scalable test code to be reused across multiple different testing campaigns and vehicle generations
- Refine specifications from electrical engineers to validate critical flight components
- Support all phases of development from initial proposal development through successful test and flight
- Help guide large test campaigns by creating the tools necessary for its success and delegating and mentoring more junior Engineers
- Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team
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