Software Test Engineer, Anduril Industries

• Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or other engineering degree
• Experience conducting software testing for high reliability and uptime systems requirements
• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and detailed requirements
• Capable of solving complex technical problems with little oversight
• Clear communication and organizational skills including documentation and training material
• Must be eligible to obtain and hold and US DoD security clearance (Secret, Top Secret, TS with SCI)

Desirable

• We are looking for a Software Test Engineer to join our Space team
• As a Test Mission Software Engineer for our Space team, you will be responsible for integrating and testing the various ground and orbital software applications into software in the loop (SITL), hardware in the loop and various FlatSat test environments
• You will become familiar with Anduril’s ground software enterprise and orbital flight software system and provide necessary test infrastructure to manage configuration, telemetry and ensure seamless data flow
• The Test Software team will work closely with related teams, such as the spacecraft design, GNC, satellite mission operations, ground, and flight software, etc., to help improve both the ground and satellite-based capabilities and be responsible for ensuring appropriate DevSecOps across the Anduril space team’s suite of software development
• This role is tied to ongoing, funded programs within Anduril’s Space Business Line
• The programs require building and fielding a resilient, software-defined ground and satellite systems across numerous mission threads
• We work with mission partners and customers to deploy reliable and robust capabilities on operationally-relevant fielding timelines to meet complex challenges across the DOD and IC
• Own the development and implementation of software test tools to evaluate performance and reliability
• Conduct software test and validation across numerous test beds to included digital simulation, software in the loop, hardware in the loop, FlatSat and full ground and orbital systems
• Integrate with legacy systems to unlock 21st-century capabilities
• Collaborate across multiple teams to plan, build, and test complex functionality
• Ensure appropriate DevSecOps for Anduril Space software development in coordination with mission assurance teams
• Ensure established CI/CD pipelines to foster collaborative software development and test
• Create and analyze metrics that are leveraged for debugging and monitoring
• Triage issues, root cause failures, and coordinate next-steps
• Coordinate with end-users, other operators and customers to turn needs into features while balancing user experience with engineering constraints
• Support challenging schedules during ground testing, launch windows and on-orbit operations of the spacecraft systems