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Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Test

Astranis · San Francisco, CA · On-site

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About Astranis

Backed by Y Combinator, a16z and Felicis.

About the role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior 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 testing and infrastructure will be the ultimate safeguard ensuring our hardware and software are flight-ready. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering (or equivalent background knowledge)
  • 5+ 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
More about this role

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.

With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts. Astranis is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent requirements for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization.

Astranis has raised over $1.2 billion from some of the world’s best investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Baillie Gifford, Blackrock, Fidelity, Franklin Templeton, and Snowpoint, and employs a team of 500 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior 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...

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