Loft Orbital · 11 hours ago
Embedded Test Engineer
Golden, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$130K/yr - $180K/yr
5+ years expLoft Orbital Solutions is focused on simplifying space for organizations collecting Earth information. The Embedded Test Engineer will establish and maintain a robust test pipeline for embedded software and collaborate with various engineering teams to ensure high-quality hardware products are delivered for flight readiness.
AerospaceSatellite CommunicationSpace Travel
Responsibilities
Work with the Loft development team to test, validate and verify internally developed products, and ensure successful delivery of final flight products to missions
Software and firmware test development and automation at unit and sub-system level for flight systems (avionics, communication and power distribution)
Ownership of the test procedures and execution of product testing using Loft’s in-house software tools
Execute roadmaps of next generation products and provide testing flows, including activities to prepare for verification and qualification of product development efforts
Support scaling up test infrastructure towards productization
Define and implement functional testing and regression testing for embedded systems to support Hardware in the Loop (HIL) and assembly/integration teams
Qualification
Required
5+ years in software/firmware testing and SW/HW integration, a plus if in aerospace
Bachelor's Degree in software engineering, computer science, electrical engineering or equivalent
Recent Python experience automating tasks/test frameworks and interacting with shell environments
Strong familiarity with Linux and scripting tools/languages
Testing and troubleshooting experience with digital, analog and high-speed interfaces, including various communication protocols (CAN, UART, SPI, I2C, ETH, SpaceWire, etc.)
Hands on experience with deploying embedded software to hardware at medium to large scales (>100 units/year)
Have experience creating detailed Test Procedures for development and software
Entrepreneurial, need to be able to find and manage own work
Experience with one or more continuous integration tools (Gitlab Preferred)
Preferred
Experience testing high speed interfaces like Ethernet, Spacewire, Cameralink, PCIe
Understanding of how to create, configure, and manage Docker containers
Recent experience setting up Gitlab CI/CD pipelines
Experience with Vivado or other FPGA design/build systems and their test tools
Experience with Yocto Ptest or testing and deploying Yocto distributions
Comfortable interacting with remote test equipment and troubleshooting issues
Company
Loft Orbital
Loft Orbital leases space on satellites for any organization to collect information about the Earth, from space.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$326.2MKey Investors
AXIAL Partners,Tikehau CapitalBlackRockFoundation Capital
2025-09-01Debt Financing
2025-01-14Series C· $170M
2024-09-20Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Pierre-Damien Vaujour
Co-Founder & CEO
Alex Greenberg
Co-Founder & COO
Recent News
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