Staff Software Engineer, Test Infrastructure
Muon Space3 months ago
Base Salary
$210k - $234k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the Software Test infrastructure team.
- Partner with engineering management to define needs and deliver testing solutions for rapid, high-quality flight and ground software delivery.
- Define department-wide test-health metrics and develop automated reporting to drive measurable improvement.
- Use client-team feedback to iteratively improve testing tools and procedures.
- Expand Hardware-in-the-Loop testing with Hardware Engineering and Manufacturing.
- Integrate simulation tools into automated testing campaigns with the Simulation team.
- Improve team estimation and planning in collaboration with management.
- Define success metrics aligned with company goals.
- Mentor Test and Simulation engineers.
Requirements
- Deliver comprehensive department-scale software testing procedures and infrastructure, including Hardware-in-the-Loop integration testing.
- Design infrastructure or orchestration for running and reporting on end-to-end integration tests across large, multi-component systems.
- Hold a B.S. in Computer Science or a related field, or have equivalent experience.
- Have 10+ years of experience as a software engineer in a team environment.
- Have strong programming experience in Python.
- Be familiar with electronics test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, and logic analyzers.
- Have experience with version control systems such as Git and CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions.
- Be familiar with Linux systems administration and Docker containers.
- Demonstrate willingness to work in novel technical domains and strong communication and presentation skills.
- Nice-to-have qualifications include C/C++, statistical analysis, embedded hardware testing, robotics, autonomous vehicles, aerospace, Kubernetes, virtual instances, and Software-in-the-Loop simulation experience.
- Meet the stated U.S. export-control eligibility requirements for access to export-controlled information.
Benefits
- Full-time employees receive equity compensation, medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401k retirement plan, short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, three weeks of paid vacation for new employees, 12 paid holidays, unlimited sick time, and paid parental leave.
- The position is based at Muon's San Jose, California office.
About Muon Space
Muon Space designs, builds, and operates low Earth orbit satellite constellations and a software stack that deliver Earth intelligence and in-orbit compute for government, defense, and commercial users. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the privately held company sells spacecraft, payload integration, and data services. It runs a San Jose production facility capable of building up to 500 satellites in the 100–500+ kg class annually and has acquired propulsion startup Starlight Engines.