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Senior Software Engineer - Vehicle Test

San Francisco💼 Full-time💰 $150,000–$150,000🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design end-to-end software architecture and test infrastructure to validate aerospace hardware at integrated vehicle levels for flight readiness.

Role type

Senior Software Engineer (Vehicle Test & Validation)

Builds

Ground control and telemetry software, scalable test code, and HITL testbed infrastructure for flight validation.

Domain

Aerospace / Satellite Communications / Hardware Validation

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Python, Linux, shell scripting, software architecture design, test framework development, system integration

Preferred skills

Relational/time series databases, embedded systems, mentoring junior engineers

Technologies

Python, Linux, shell command line tools

Responsibilities

Design high-level software architecture for vehicle integration and test operations; coordinate cross-team software testing infrastructure; integrate flight software into test infrastructure; refine specifications from electrical engineers to validate critical flight components; support all development phases from proposal to flight; guide large test campaigns by creating tools and mentoring junior engineers; participate in on-call shifts to troubleshoot flight and production issues.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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