Software in the Loop Systems Engineer (Test Infrastructure)

Wanna Join the Adventure?

Loft Orbital is seeking a Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) Systems Engineer to join our Test Infrastructure team. In this role, you will lead the development and maintenance of a scalable SIL platform that emulates spacecraft avionics, enabling rapid software development and testing. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, integrating technologies like QEMU and Docker to create a robust virtualized test environment used across our global teams.

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About This Role:

• Designing, developing, and deploying a Software-in-the-Loop platform that emulates spacecraft avionics, enabling comprehensive software testing without the need for physical hardware.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to understand and meet their testing needs, ensuring the platform is flexible and easy to use.
• Integrating QEMU, Docker, and other virtualization technologies to create a scalable and widely deployable test environment.
• Maintaining and supporting the SIL infrastructure, ensuring high availability and reliability for continuous integration and testing.

Must Haves:

• Proficiency in containerization using Docker to create isolated, reproducible software environments.
• Virtualization: Knowledge of other virtualization tools and technologies that could be used to simulate hardware.
• Experience with hardware emulation technologies, such as QEMU
• Understanding of APIs and the ability to interact with different types of APIs
• Proficiency with Python and/or C/C++
• Scrappy and inventive: you will be working with cutting edge technologies and proprietary tools
• Linux power user
• Ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, including hardware, software, and systems engineers, to understand and meet diverse testing needs.
• Experience with integrating various subsystems into a cohesive test platform, ensuring compatibility and performance.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience with one or more continuous integration tools
• Recent experience setting up CI/CD pipelines
• Aptitude for gathering requirements from multiple stakeholders and implementing test infrastructure improvements
• Hands-on experience involving embedded hardware, such Raspberry Pis, Arduinos, microcontrollers, or similar (can be personal or professional experience)
• Experience emulating existing hardware systems in a software-only environment
• Experience with DevOps systems and tools such as Ansible, Salt, Prometheus, Grafana, etc.
• Technical experience in similar industries (aerospace, automotive, robotics, etc)
• Experience with deploying and managing testing environments in the cloud, such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Some of Our Awesome Benefits:

• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance option for employees and dependents
• Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick
• 401(k) plan and equity options
• Daily catered lunches and snacks
• International exposure to our team in France
• Fully paid parental leave; 14 weeks for birthing parents and 10 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support
• Off-sites and many social events and celebrations
• Relocation assistance when applicable