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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.\nThe 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.\nHeadquartered 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.\nPosition Overview\nAs 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.\nWhat You'll Do\nAutomate provisioning, deployment, execution, operation, and logging tasks to optimize resource utilization and allocation\nDevelop automated test scripts to support qualification efforts for our flight software and hardware systems\n Develop device API wrappers for EGSE equipment (e.g.: to control power supplies, oscilloscopes, etc., via automated test scripts)\nDevelop emulators for flight hardware to support software-in-the-loop (SIL) and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing\nContribute to the design and development of a simulation system capable of automatically provisioning and deploying resources to support simulation workflows\nRequired Qualifications\n5+ years of professional experience in testing and automation of software and hardware systems\nProficiency in one or more scripting languages (Python, Lua, Bash, PowerShell, etc.)\nProficiency in one or more embedded languages (C/C++, Rust, etc.)\nExperience with Linux-based systems\nMust have the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Secret/Top Secret security clearance. \nDesired Qualifications\nProficiency in the integration and testing of mission- and safety-critical electronics\nExperience with modern DevOps practices\nExperience with async and multithreaded architectures\nExperience with data acquisition and logging\nExperience with robotics middleware and autonomy stacks (ROS 2, Webots, Orocos, YARP, etc.)\nFamiliarity with time-series databases (InfluxDB, QuestDB, Prometheus, etc.)\nFamiliarity with message-oriented middleware (NATS, Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc.)\nFamiliarity with containerization (Docker, Docker Compose, etc.)\nOur office headquarters is located in Playa Vista, CA. This position requires in office presence.\nThe California annual base salary for this role is currently $137,000 - $193,000. Pay Grades are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. 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. \nITAR Compliance:\nTo 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. 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