Senior Test and Automation Engineer at Inversion

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>Advanced Reentry Technologies</strong></p> <p><strong>Who We Are:<br></strong></p> <p>Inversion is an aerospace and defense company pioneering advanced reentry technology to enable next-generation capabilities from space. By combining high-performance materials, precision aerodynamics, and mission-driven autonomy, Inversion is transforming reentry into an operational capability for an entirely new class of missions.</p> <p>The company’s highly maneuverable reentry spacecraft, Arc, is designed for rapid global cargo delivery, hypersonic testing, and other national security missions that require precise, controlled flight through the atmosphere. Arc creates an entirely new transportation domain, unlocking unprecedented speed and global reach.</p> <p>Headquartered in Los Angeles, Inversion designs, manufactures, and integrates its spacecraft under one roof, enabling the company to move rapidly from concept to flight. The company is backed by leading investors including Y Combinator, Spark Capital, and Lockheed Martin Ventures, with customers across the U.S. government and commercial space industry.</p></div><h3 id="About-the-Role" data-local-id="6cfc4dc97837" data-renderer-start-pos="697">Position Overview</h3> <p data-renderer-start-pos="713" data-local-id="9c459bab5a91">As a Test and Automation Engineer at Inversion, you will work as part of the simulation team to build, test, maintain, and develop the automated software and 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.</p> <h3 id="What-You'll-Do" data-local-id="64d49de225e0" data-renderer-start-pos="1603">What You'll Do</h3> <ul> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1621" data-local-id="e9b8291cbdef"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Automate</strong> provisioning, deployment, execution, operation, and logging tasks to optimize resource utilization and allocation</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1747" data-local-id="8261a79ddf43"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Develop automated test scripts</strong> to support qualification efforts for our flight software and hardware systems</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1859" data-local-id="e4b19edc3bc8"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Develop device API wrappers</strong> for EGSE equipment (e.g.: to control power supplies, oscilloscopes, etc., via automated test scripts)</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="1992" data-local-id="136772812953"><strong data-renderer-mark="true">Develop emulators</strong> for flight hardware to support <strong data-renderer-mark="true">software-in-the-loop (SIL)</strong> and <strong data-renderer-mark="true">hardware-in-the-loop (HIL)</strong> testing</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2110" data-local-id="6c7f2928543b">Contribute to the design and development of a simulation system capable of <strong data-renderer-mark="true">automatically provisioning and deploying</strong> resources to support simulation workflows</li> </ul> <h3 id="Required-Qualifications" data-local-id="f258f1252bff" data-renderer-start-pos="2271">Required Qualifications</h3> <ul> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2298" data-local-id="af3383a5aa19">5+ years of professional experience in <strong data-renderer-mark="true">testing and automation of software and hardware systems</strong></li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2396" data-local-id="d538d6af3b25">Proficiency in one or more <strong data-renderer-mark="true">scripting languages </strong>(Python, Lua, Bash, PowerShell, etc.)</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2484" data-local-id="a9379a46bb1e">Proficiency in one or more <strong data-renderer-mark="true">embedded languages</strong> (C/C++, Rust, etc.)</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2553" data-local-id="1559b859a735">Experience with <strong data-renderer-mark="true">Linux-based systems</strong></li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2553" data-local-id="1559b859a735"><strong data-renderer-mark="true"><span data-teams="true"><strong>Must have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Secret/Top Secret security clearance.&nbsp;</strong></span></strong></li> </ul> <h3 id="Desired-Qualifications" data-local-id="7929a2222aa9" data-renderer-start-pos="2592">Desired Qualifications</h3> <ul> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2618" data-local-id="fdc4941d8684">Proficiency in the <strong data-renderer-mark="true">integration and testing of mission- and safety-critical electronics</strong></li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2708" data-local-id="5a524d2c340b">Experience with modern <strong data-renderer-mark="true">DevOps</strong> practices</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2751" data-local-id="dafdc8d5b683">Experience with <strong data-renderer-mark="true">async and multithreaded architectures</strong></li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2808" data-local-id="7579a2c17755">Experience with <strong data-renderer-mark="true">data acquisition and logging</strong></li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2856" data-local-id="11a2831df9d5">Experience with <strong data-renderer-mark="true">robotics middleware and autonomy stacks</strong> (ROS 2, Webots, Orocos, YARP, etc.)</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="2951" data-local-id="a520d4c8808b">Familiarity with <strong data-renderer-mark="true">time-series databases</strong> (InfluxDB, QuestDB, Prometheus, etc.)</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="3031" data-local-id="5b4c1ce9b423">Familiarity with <strong data-renderer-mark="true">message-oriented middleware </strong>(NATS, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)</li> <li data-renderer-start-pos="3116" data-local-id="05972c2d4c78">Familiarity with <strong data-renderer-mark="true">containerization</strong> (Docker, Docker Compose, etc.)</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Our office headquarters is located in Playa Vista, CA. This position requires in office presence.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>_{<em>The California annual base salary for this role is currently $137,000 - $193,000.&nbsp; Pay Grades are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data.&nbsp; Individual pay will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: interviews and an assessment of several factors that are unique to each candidate, job-related skills, relevant education and experience, certifications, abilities of the candidate and internal equity.&nbsp;</em>}</p><div class="content-conclusion"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>ITAR Compliance:</strong></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR&nbsp;<a href="https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/?id=ddtc_kb_article_page&amp;sys_id=24d528fddbfc930044f9ff621f961987">here</a>. &nbsp;</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>Equal Employment Opportunity:</strong></span></div> <div><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Inversion provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status, or disability.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div><span style="font-size: 8pt;">Inversion collects and processes personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws.&nbsp; If you are a US Job Applicant see the <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa" target="_blank">CCPA Privacy Policy Notice</a></span><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>&nbsp;</strong>for further details.</span></div></div>