Senior Software Engineer - Hardware Test · Astranis

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:20:38 GMT
Engineering

Astranis · San Francisco, CA · Base Salary: $150,000-$215,000 USD · onsite

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our rapidly-growing team and improve our hardware testing capabilities.

In this role, you will design the end-to-end software architecture used to validate hardware at the board, subsystem, and integrated vehicle levels, ensuring our aerospace systems are mission-ready.

Your responsibilities include refining specifications from electrical engineers to validate critical flight components, supporting all development phases from proposal to final test, implementing ground control and telemetry software, and contributing to the team's growth through active recruitment and hiring efforts.

This role puts you at the front of the line for new hardware releases, where you will work directly in the lab to identify and fix complex issues in real-time.

Because your work supports testing across all vehicle subsystems, you will gain unique insight into the entire hardware lifecycle and partner with nearly every engineering team to ensure our systems perform flawlessly under the most demanding conditions.

By combining high-level architecture with hands-on validation, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that what we send into flight stays there.

This role supports both commercial and U.S. Government programs.

Role:

Design high-level software architecture in support of vehicle integration and test operations

Coordinate across multiple teams to create software testing infrastructure based on testing and production needs

Work with ground software and flight software teams to integrate flight software into test infrastructure

Design scalable test code to be reused across multiple different testing campaigns and vehicle generations

Refine specifications from electrical engineers to validate critical flight components

Support all phases of development from initial proposal development through successful test and flight

Help guide large test campaigns by creating the tools necessary for its success and delegating and mentoring more junior Engineers

Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team

Participate on a rotating on-call shift to troubleshoot and resolve flight and production issues

Requirements:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering (or equivalent background knowledge)

5+ years total of relevant professional experience

Strong proficiency in Python (or other high-level object-oriented scripting language(s))

Experience designing software systems and test architectures/tooling/frameworks

Experience with Linux and shell command line tools

A passion for building things, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Bonus:

Experience working with relational or time series databases

Embedded systems experience

Experience mentoring junior engineers

What we offer:

All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits. Base pay is just one component of Astranis's total rewards package. Your compensation also includes a significant equity package via incentive stock options, high-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals.

Astranis pay ranges are informed and defined through professional-grade salary surveys and compensation data sources. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, and the level and scope of the position.

Base Salary: $150,000-$215,000 USD