Software Engineer, Hardware Test & Automation at Cowboyspace · LumiJobs

Responsibilities

We are looking for a Software Engineer, Test & Automation to build and own the software, tooling, and infrastructure used to verify our spacecraft systems throughout the development lifecycle. This includes software-in-the-loop (SIL), hardware-in-the-loop (HITL), environmental and radiation testing, hardware qualification, integration campaigns, and field tests.
Today, much of this work is distributed among engineers who carry test infrastructure alongside their primary responsibilities. This role will establish testing and automation as a dedicated, reusable capability that every flight program can rely on. You will develop common frameworks that support multiple concurrent programs, automate complex test operations, and make it easy for flight software, avionics, hardware, and systems engineers to create trustworthy tests.
This is a software-focused role with significant hands-on interaction with spacecraft hardware, lab equipment, test facilities, and field operations.
Design, develop, and maintain reusable software frameworks for automated spacecraft testing across SIL, HITL, environmental, radiation, integration, and field-test environments
Own the software and automation for HITL infrastructure that exercises real flight software against flight, engineering, or emulated spacecraft hardware
Build SIL environments that support rapid development, regression testing, fault injection, and validation without requiring physical hardware
Automate environmental and qualification testing, including thermal-vacuum, vibration, shock, electromagnetic compatibility, and other test campaigns
Build scheduling, resource management, and reporting systems that make shared test infrastructure repeatable, self-service, and usable across multiple concurrent programs
Integrate automated tests into continuous integration workflows and provide clear, actionable results to engineering teams
Stand up, configure, and maintain test racks and supporting lab equipment, including power, data, instrumentation, and safety interfaces
Develop software interfaces for controlling and collecting data from power supplies, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, data-acquisition systems, environmental chambers, and other test equipment
Partner with engineering teams to define test coverage, prioritize gaps, and validate hardware and software releases before integration and flight

Software Engineer, Hardware Test & Automation

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Cowboyspace

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