Senior Software Engineer, Astranis
Hardware Test
$150-215k
+ Stock options
3+ days a week in office
Next generation satellite broadband service
Open for applications
Next generation satellite broadband service
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$150-215k
+ Stock options
3+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To give the 4 billion people without access to internet the ability to get online.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelors, degree in CS, EE (or equivalent background knowledge)
- 5+ years total of relevant experience
- 2+ Experience with Python (or other high-level object oriented scripting language(s))
- 2+ Experience with Linux and shell command line tools
- 2+ Experience with version control systems (git, mercurial, svn, or others)
- A passion for building things, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience reading schematics and data sheets, debugging circuits that interface with embedded software, from debugger to logic analyzer to oscilloscope
Desirable
- Experience with web development frameworks and databases
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Hardware Test Engineer to join our rapidly-growing Software team
- In this role, you will be responsible for designing high-level software architecture to support vehicle integration and test operations
- You will collaborate with multiple engineering teams to create and implement successful test plans, and develop software for automated testing at both component and integrated levels
- Additionally, you will refine specifications from electrical engineers to validate critical flight components, support all phases of development from proposal to successful test and flight, implement ground control and telemetry software, and contribute to the growth of our team through recruitment and hiring efforts
- Design high-level software architecture in support of vehicle integration and test operations
- Coordinate across multiple teams to create software testing infrastructure based on testing and production needs
- Work with ground software and flight software teams to integrate software into test infrastructure
- Design scalable test code to be reused across multiple different testing campaigns and vehicle generations
- Refine specifications from electrical engineers to validate critical flight components
- Support all phases of development from initial proposal development through successful test and flight
- Implement ground control and telemetry software
- Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team
Our take
Internet access is swiftly becoming a core feature of modern life across the world - as of 2021, nearly 60% of the global population were active internet users, and the number is only set to climb. Looking to facilitate and benefit from this is Astranis, which has developed advanced small-form-factor satellite technology (similar to SpaceX) to improve satellite internet access across the world.
This has proven an astronomically successful proposition with an overwhelming demand from global customers, including a partnership to triple data speeds across the state of Alaska. This is no surprise, as provision of basic internet capabilities is in the interests of industry, governments, and the population at large.
With a valuation of $1.6 billion, the company's Series E injection of capital is set to ramp up its commercial satellite production and support for its US Government contracts. With the US Space Force gaining one of the largest budget increases in its history, Astranis is set for an even brighter future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
May 2026
$300m
SERIES E
Jul 2024
$200m
SERIES D
Total funding: $903.8m
Company benefits
- An equity stake in the company
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Unlimited vacation days
- Healthy, delicious, free lunch catered in every day
- Complementary OneMedical membership
- Great office chairs, stand-up desks, and a machine shop
- Reimbursement to spend on commuting from outside SF
- Generous, fully-paid parental leave
Company HQ
Central Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
John Gedmark
(Co-Founder & CEO)John co-founded the Roosevelt Institute think tank in 2004 before working as Director of Flight Operations at X Prize Foundation for 2 years. He co-founded Commercial Spaceflight Federation in 2007, before co-founding Astranis in 2015, serving as CEO.
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