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Software Development Engineer, Test Platform
K2 Space
Los Angeles, USA
Mid
USD 123000-175000 / year
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Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and own software test frameworks targeting K2’s flight software stack, including subsystems for propulsion, GNC, power, thermal, and communications
- Build and maintain automation tooling that integrates seamlessly into CI/CD pipelines, enabling fast and reliable flight software deployment
- Develop hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and software-in-the-loop (SIL) test infrastructure in close collaboration with flight software engineers
- Create tooling for test execution, data collection, and anomaly triage that gives engineers clear, actionable signal
- Reduce flaky and nondeterministic tests; continuously improve coverage, pipeline reliability, and test execution speed
- Collaborate with flight software, 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 resolution across the team
- Maintain documentation for test infrastructure, procedures, and hardware configurations
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related STEM field, or equivalent professional experience
- Experience building and maintaining test automation frameworks, not just executing tests written by others
- Experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., GitLab Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Jenkins) and version control (Git)
- Nice to Have
- Experience with hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testbeds or embedded systems testing
- Experience testing avionics, spacecraft, robotics, autonomous vehicles, or other safety-critical hardware
- Rust programming experience, including 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, Ethernet)
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