Senior Test and Automation Engineer
About The Position
As a Senior Test and Automation Engineer at Inversion, you will work as part of the simulation team to build, test, maintain, and develop the automated hardware systems that support the simulation and test environments for our flight systems. The simulation team is responsible for ensuring that flight software and flight hardware can be continuously integrated and tested under realistic flight conditions. You will play a key role in the automation of electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test benches that will enable fast, repeatable development and deployment workflows across the engineering stack. Your work will empower Inversion’s engineering teams to iterate rapidly throughout the development life cycle and will strengthen Inversion’s ability to put our products into the hands of our customers with unprecedented speed and agility.
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional experience in testing and automation of electrical ground support equipment (EGSE) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) systems
- Proficiency in one or more scripting languages (Python, Lua, Bash, PowerShell, etc.)
- Proficiency in one or more embedded languages (C/C++, Rust, etc.)
- Proficiency in the integration and testing of mission- and safety-critical electronics
- Experience with Linux-based systems
Nice To Haves
- Experience with modern DevOps practices
- Experience with async and multithreaded architectures
- Experience with data acquisition and logging
- Familiarity with time-series databases (InfluxDB, QuestDB, TimescaleDB, Prometheus, etc.)
- Familiarity with message-oriented middleware (NATS, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Docker Compose, etc.)
- Familiarity with system observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.)
Responsibilities
- Automate provisioning, deployment, execution, operation, and logging tasks to optimize resource utilization and allocation
- Develop emulators for flight hardware to support hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing
- Install and maintain servers, electrical ground support equipment (EGSE), and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) test benches to support simulation workflows
- Perform preventative maintenance and troubleshooting to maximize simulation system availability
- Calibrate equipment to ensure simulation system performance
- Contribute to the design and development of a simulation system capable of automatically provisioning and deploying resources to support simulation workflows
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
