Software Engineer
Venus Aerospace2 months ago
Houston, TX, USAMid Level
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain automated test frameworks for front-end, back-end, and integrated systems.
- Develop end-to-end, integration, regression, and performance test suites.
- Establish QA processes, documentation, quality gates, coverage metrics, and continuous testing practices.
- Create front-end tools using React, Grafana, JavaScript, CSS, and related technologies.
- Build and maintain backend services using GoLang, PostgreSQL, and TimescaleDB.
- Support hardware-in-the-loop systems, test stands, automation platforms, telemetry, data acquisition, real-time systems, and embedded-system integration.
- Design tests for distributed systems, microservices, and large data platforms.
- Collaborate with embedded, hardware test, propulsion, and cross-functional teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- At least three years of relevant professional experience.
- Experience building and maintaining automated unit, integration, and end-to-end test frameworks.
- Experience designing tests for distributed systems, microservices, or large data platforms.
- Experience with React, JavaScript, CSS, PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB, and GraphQL.
- Familiarity with Git-based workflows using GitLab and DevOps testing practices.
- Ability to define QA processes, write documentation, and partner with cross-functional teams.
- Preferred experience with large-scale QA environments or building QA foundations from scratch.
- Preferred experience with GitLab pipelines, Jira, Confluence, systems engineering, GoLang, Rust, embedded systems, telemetry, real-time hardware interfaces, or hardware-in-the-loop validation.
Benefits
- The position is subject to U.S. export-control and ITAR eligibility requirements.
- Venus Aerospace is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodation assistance for applicants with disabilities.
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About Venus Aerospace
Venus Aerospace builds propulsion systems—rotating detonation rocket engines and detonation ramjets—for space, defense, and high‑speed aviation programs. It develops and tests engines and propulsion platforms that customers integrate into spacecraft, missiles, and high‑Mach aircraft. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Houston, it is privately held; on May 14, 2025 it conducted a test flight of a high‑thrust RDRE, demonstrating flight‑propulsion capability.