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Hardware Test Engineer II, Testbeds & EGSE

Muon Space· Engineering - Hardware
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San Jose, CA$168k - $186kfull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Lead the design of future HITL testbed infrastructure and next-generation EGSE, while hands-on in build and bring-up of testbeds and EGSE used to interface with Muon satellites during assembly, integration, and test. Onsite in San Jose 5 days/week.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design of future HITL testbed infrastructure: architecture, form factor, non-satellite hardware, and external interfaces
  • Lead the design of next-generation EGSE used to power, command, and monitor satellites during integration and test
  • Work with the electrical missions team to define each testbed's parallel of the mission's flight hardware, translating block diagrams, schematics, and drawings into testbed designs
  • Build, integrate, and bring up testbed hardware alongside the team, and support the fleet in daily operation
  • Generate and maintain testbed architecture diagrams, interface definitions, and design documentation
  • Debug hardware and interface issues across testbeds to root cause, working with electrical, software, and systems engineers
  • Coordinate with supply chain, production, and facilities teams on testbed inventory, module builds, and support resources (power, network)
  • Guide junior engineers and technicians on the team, and drive testbed designs that scale with an increasingly capable satellite fleet

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with complex electromechanical systems, including 2+ years in test, testbed, or test-infrastructure development
  • Background in electrical engineering, embedded software, mechanical engineering, or industrial controls
  • Experience designing hardware — electrical, mechanical, or integrated systems — that others build and use
  • Experience using RF testing equipment
  • Ability to read and work from electrical schematics, block diagrams, and production drawings
  • Strong hands-on debugging skills across hardware and software interfaces, with standard test equipment (multimeters, oscilloscopes)
  • Scripting or programming ability (Python, Bash, or similar)
  • Understanding of electronics fundamentals and common communication interfaces (e.g., UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, Ethernet)
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills, comfortable in a fast-paced environment
  • B.S. in an engineering discipline or equivalent hands-on experience
  • Comfort in a Linux development environment

Skills

Required:electrical engineeringembedded softwareRF testingschematics/block diagramsdebuggingscriptingelectronics fundamentalsLinux
Nice to have:mechanical engineering

Benefits

  • competitive equity grant
  • medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401k retirement plan
  • short & long term disability and life insurance
  • three weeks paid vacation for new employees
  • 12 paid holidays
  • unlimited sick time
  • paid parental leave
Last updated Oct 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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