System Test Engineer (Satellite Communications)

Location: Hybrid, with attendance in the office 3 days per week, based in Carlsbad, California; Germantown, Maryland; or Reston, Virginia, United States. Up to 10% travel.

Salary: $120,500–$190,000 annually. For specific work locations in San Jose, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the New York City metropolitan area: $149,500–$224,500 annually.

Company

hirify.global develops connectivity solutions supporting air, land, sea, space, and government missions.

What you will do

• Develop test plans, procedures, test cases, and customer-focused requirements for custom test hardware and automation.
• Support lab build-up and shepherd test systems from hardware/software integration through design verification and operations.
• Run manual and automated tests against software releases and debug test setups and software configurations.
• Support functional, performance, robustness, and over-the-air terminal testing for satellite product families.
• Collaborate with system engineering, software development, project engineering, and test teams on planning and execution.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience creating test requirements, test plans, test cases, methodologies, and manufacturing test documentation that guides system development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of the technical and process aspects of product design, including evaluating products from design and functional documentation.
• Experience with networking, the OSI model, and Layer 2/Layer 3 technologies including MAC, TCP/IP, and UDP.
• Experience debugging and fixing Linux-based products.
• US citizenship required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a United States Secret Clearance.
• Must be able to work from the office 3 days per week in one of the listed US locations.

Nice to have

• Programming or scripting experience with Python, C, C++, Java, or another language.
• Familiarity with requirements traceability tools such as DOORS or JAMA.
• Experience with wireless communications, satellite communications systems (SATCOM), or radio frequency systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional work on government modem and satellite product development.
• Employment includes medical, financial, and other benefits dependent on the position offered.
• Additional cash or stock incentives may be provided.
• Equal opportunity workplace with accommodations available for applicants with disabilities.