Software Engineer - Vehicle Test

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity's reach into the solar system.

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, ensuring our aerospace systems are mission-ready.

Your responsibilities include:

• Refining specifications from electrical engineers to validate critical flight components
• Supporting all development phases from proposal to final test
• Implementing ground control and telemetry software
• Contributing to the team's growth through active recruitment and hiring efforts

This role puts you at the front of the line for new hardware releases, where you will work directly in the lab to identify and fix complex issues in real-time.

Requirements:

• 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

Bonus:

• Experience working with relational or time series databases
• Embedded systems experience
• Experience mentoring junior engineers

What we offer:

• Base salary: $130,000-$175,000 USD
• Equity package via incentive stock options
• High-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals