Senior Software Engineer - Test Infrastructure
Loft Orbital Solutions8 days ago
Base Salary
$140k - $210k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, build, deploy, and maintain high-fidelity Hardware-in-the-Loop testbeds emulating spacecraft systems, sensors, and communication links.
- Design, build, deploy, and maintain Electrical Ground Support Equipment for spacecraft assembly, integration, testing, validation, and verification.
- Develop tools and frameworks for fault simulation, edge-case testing, mission-scenario simulation, and hardware and software test automation.
- Collaborate with systems, software, hardware, and operations teams to define and integrate evolving test requirements.
- Maintain and extend test infrastructure supporting continuous integration pipelines and realistic system-level testing.
- Troubleshoot complex issues spanning software, embedded hardware, networking, and system configuration.
Requirements
- Master’s degree in Computer Science or a similar field.
- At least 2 years of experience working with Linux systems, including configuration, debugging, and system-level troubleshooting.
- Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, OSI layers, packet analysis, and TCP/IP and UDP data exchange protocols.
- Hands-on experience with embedded systems or low-level hardware such as Raspberry Pi, Arduino, microcontrollers, or similar platforms.
- Proficiency in Python 3.9 or later for test automation frameworks, device drivers, or test orchestration tools.
- Experience containerizing applications with Docker.
- Familiarity with at least one modern CI tool, such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Buildkite, or CircleCI.
- Preferred experience designing or automating HIL/SIL testbeds, signal conditioning, fault injection, or hardware emulation.
- Preferred experience with Infrastructure-as-Code systems, specifically NixOS.
- Preferred familiarity with networking simulation tools, network emulators, or virtual switches.
- Preferred interest or experience with hardware test automation frameworks, including custom Python-based test rigs.
Benefits
- Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance options for employees and dependents.
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts, including an employer contribution to the HSA.
- Employer-paid life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
- Flexible time off, sick leave, and 12 paid holidays.
- 401(k) plan and equity options.
- Daily catered lunches and snacks.
- International exposure to the team in France.
- Fully paid parental leave of 14 weeks for primary caregivers and 10 weeks for secondary caregivers.
- Carrot Fertility benefits with financial support for fertility healthcare and family-forming services.
- Off-sites, social events, and celebrations.
- Relocation assistance when applicable.
- The role supports teams across Golden, Colorado; San Francisco, California; and Toulouse, France.
About Loft Orbital Solutions
Loft Orbital Solutions builds standardized satellite platforms and delivers end-to-end missions as a service for governments, companies, and research institutions. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held firm integrates, launches, and operates spacecraft to deploy Earth observation, IoT connectivity, on‑orbit compute, and national security payloads in months. Loft has flown more than 30 missions, using hardware and software abstraction layers atop commodity satellite buses.