Hardware Test Engineer I, Testbeds & EGSE
$127,000–$148,000 year
On-siteSan Jose, California, United States
Job Summary
Build, integrate, and bring up HITL testbed hardware including racks, avionics modules, and harnessing for each mission. Assist in designing next-generation electrical ground support equipment to power, command, and monitor satellites during integration and test. Translate flight hardware designs into testbed configurations while debugging issues across testbeds with cross-functional teams. Maintain support infrastructure for power, network, and lab resources, and create documentation for architecture, builds, and checkout procedures. Coordinate with supply chain and production teams on inventory and module builds. This role requires onsite work at our San Jose location 5x days a week.
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of hands-on experience building, testing, or debugging hardware in a complex electromechanical system (internships and substantial project work considered)
- Background in electrical engineering, embedded software, mechanical engineering, or industrial controls
- Hands-on hardware skills: assembly, wiring, and basic troubleshooting with tools like multimeters and oscilloscopes
- Understanding of electronics fundamentals and common communication interfaces (e.g., UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet)
- Basic scripting or programming ability (Python or Bash)
- Strong problem-solving skills and a hands-on approach to engineering challenges
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with a strong desire to learn in a fast-paced environment
- B.S. in an engineering discipline or equivalent hands-on experience
- Comfort in a Linux heavy development environment
- Due to the hands-on nature of this role, it requires onsite work at our San Jose location 5x days a week
- applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with HITL testbeds, test labs, or lab automation
- Harness design/assembly experience, or familiarity with electrical CAD (Altium) or mechanical CAD (SolidWorks)
- PCBA assembly and rework experience
- Experience with industrial automation or rack-based electronics and networking
- Aerospace or other high-reliability industry experience
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