Software Development Engineer in Test (Aerospace)

TL;DR

Software Development Engineer in Test (Rust/Aerospace): Designing and owning software test frameworks for flight software stacks with an accent on HIL/SIL infrastructure and CI/CD integration. Focus on reducing flaky tests, improving coverage, and verifying safety-critical avionics for high-power satellites.

Location: Los Angeles, CA. Must be a U.S. Person as defined by ITAR (citizen or Green Card holder) or eligible for an export control license.

Salary: $135,000 - $175,000 + equity

Company

hirify.global is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown to unlock new performance levels across multiple orbits.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and own software test frameworks for flight software subsystems, including propulsion, GNC, power, thermal, and communications.
• Build and maintain automation tooling integrated into CI/CD pipelines for fast and reliable software deployment.
• Develop hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and software-in-the-loop (SIL) test infrastructure in collaboration with flight software engineers.
• Create tooling for test execution, data collection, and anomaly triage to provide actionable signals.
• Collaborate with avionics and systems engineers to define test requirements, write test plans, and execute verification campaigns.
• Analyze test results to identify and characterize failures and drive resolutions across the team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related STEM field.
• Experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks from scratch.
• Proficiency with CI/CD systems (e.g., GitLab Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and Git.
• Experience with HIL testbeds or embedded systems testing for avionics, robotics, or autonomous vehicles.
• Must be a U.S. Person as defined by ITAR (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, etc.) or eligible for a federally issued export control license.

Nice to have

• Rust programming experience, specifically in embedded or no_std environments.
• Knowledge of real-time operating systems (RTOS) or bare-metal embedded firmware.
• Familiarity with aerospace communication protocols (RS-422/485, Ethernet, UART, SpaceWire).
• Experience with electronics test equipment like oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and power supplies.
• Containerization experience (Docker, Kubernetes) and Embedded Linux.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive base salary and equity ownership in the company.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Paid time off and paid parental leave.
• Life insurance and various other corporate perks.
• Opportunity to work in a fast-paced Series C startup environment building groundbreaking spacecraft.