Aalyria is a leading technology company that supplies laser communications technology and temporospatial software-defined networking platforms to the aerospace industry. Backed by Battery.
About the role
The Aalyria Space team is building the infrastructure for the next generation of high-speed optical communications, and this critical role sits at the center of making it work in the real world. As a Communication System Test Engineer, you'll be responsible for qualifying our coherent optical modem systems from component level through full system integration, owning the test bench from hardware selection all the way through root-cause analysis and final performance sign-off.
What they're looking for
- Active security clearance, or the eligibility to obtain one
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, or a related field
- 2–5 years of hands-on lab experience working with high-speed communication systems
- Solid understanding of Communication Theory and Digital Signal Processing
- Proficiency with Matlab and/ or Python for data analysis and test automation
- Experience using high-speed optical and electrical test equipment
More about this role
The Aalyria Space team is building the infrastructure for the next generation of high-speed optical communications, and this critical role sits at the center of making it work in the real world. As a Communication System Test Engineer, you'll be responsible for qualifying our coherent optical modem systems from component level through full system integration, owning the test bench from hardware selection all the way through root-cause analysis and final performance sign-off.
This isn't a checkbox-testing role. You'll design and execute the experiments that determine whether our free space optical communications products actually perform, setting up benches with BERTs, AWGs, high-speed oscilloscopes, OSAs, and coherent DSPs, writing the automation that makes testing repeatable and scalable, and digging into the data with Python or MATLAB when results don't match the model. When something's broken, you'll be the one who figures out why.
You'll work closely with design, systems, and firmware teams across the product lifecycle, not just catching issues, but shaping how performance is characterized, what specifications mean in practice, and how findings translate into product...
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