Staff HITL Engineer
Core
Design, build, and maintain an end-to-end Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) test environment for a Mars science orbiter, integrating hardware, software automation, and validation infrastructure.
Role type
Staff HITL Engineer (Spacecraft Integration & Test)
Builds
Automated HITL test benches, simulation/data-acquisition infrastructure, and CI/regression pipelines for flight software and avionics.
Domain
Aerospace / Spacecraft Systems / Test Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Test engineering, automated test framework architecture, software tooling for validation, CI/regression infrastructure, embedded systems troubleshooting, hardware interface familiarity (Ethernet, UART, SPI), root cause analysis, cross-team coordination
Preferred skills
HITL/SIL/HIL environment setup, spacecraft/satellite/robotics experience, harnessing/cable fabrication, test practice establishment
Technologies
CI/CD pipelines, telemetry/logging systems, automated pass/fail adjudication, rack fabrication, avionics installation
Responsibilities
Design and maintain the ISP HITL test environment including rack fabrication and avionics installation; Build simulation and data-acquisition infrastructure to exercise flight software against real hardware; Develop software fixturing and automated test frameworks with continuous regression; Debug integrated failures across software, avionics, and interfaces; Validate timing-sensitive behavior and interfaces including soak testing; Establish dashboards and test procedures for system health and requirements traceability; Drive final integration and test of flight hardware leading to launch.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic ownership