HITL Test Infrastructure Engineer (Embedded Systems)

Location: Allen, Texas, United States

Company

hirify.global develops advanced defense systems and flight-critical hardware at an early stage of company growth.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and own Hardware-in-the-Loop test infrastructure for embedded software and firmware verification.
• Build scalable test stations for microcontrollers, FPGAs, GPUs, SoCs, and custom compute hardware.
• Develop Python-based automated test frameworks covering software loading, boot sequences, runtime performance, functional behavior, and system requirements.
• Integrate physical hardware with Kubernetes and CI/CD workflows for reservation, flashing, test execution, and result review.
• Build hardware reservation, scheduling, orchestration, and resource-management capabilities.
• Collaborate with software, firmware, FPGA, avionics, electrical, and systems engineers while supporting board bring-up, lab automation, and prototype testing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Professional experience with Python, automated test frameworks such as pytest or Robot Framework, and Linux development environments.
• Experience with embedded software and firmware workflows, including flashing, booting, debugging, and runtime validation.
• Experience with serial, JTAG, SWD, or similar hardware debug interfaces, plus the ability to read electrical schematics.
• Basic understanding of Kubernetes, containerized infrastructure, and modern CI/CD systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot across hardware, firmware, software, and infrastructure boundaries in a laboratory environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with HITL or automated hardware test systems and hardware validation in CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with board bring-up, lab automation, instrument control, power sequencing, or custom power delivery.
• Familiarity with FPGA workflows and VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog.
• Experience with networking, distributed systems, Kubernetes infrastructure, or scalable engineering platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Significant ownership in an early-stage engineering organization.
• Work across software, firmware, avionics, FPGA, electrical, and systems engineering.
• Generous benefits package.
• Employment may require access to classified information or restricted U.S. Government systems.
• Access to export-controlled information requires eligibility under applicable U.S. export-control regulations.