Job Description

Bring your passion for space!

Redwire - Marlborough is accelerating humanity's expansion into space through the design and manufacture of mission-critical, high-reliability optical sensors for satellites providing guidance, navigation, situational awareness, and control capabilities. These technologies have supported nearly 50 years of space missions from NASA planetary missions as far-reaching as Pluto to national security missions. 

Summary

We have a current opportunity for a  Software Test Technician located at our facility in Marlborough, MA. The Software Test Technician role supports production through verifying our Camera and Star Tracker products / systems meet specifications. Our products have helped provided guidance for several recent missions including Mars Perseverance ,  DART , and  Artemis I.

The Software Test Technician role covers the entire production cycle from individual board flashing and verifications through system level testing and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Execute test procedures and report results.
• Works with operations to develop test schedule.
• Works with test engineers to validate and approve new test procedures for deployment.

Ideal Experience 

• Bachelor’s Degree 2+ years of experience testing embedded and electromechanical hardware systems for aerospace / defense companies. Willing to consider applicable industry related experience in lieu of degree.
• Experience running tests from Windows and Linux platforms.  
• Command-line interface experience in both Windows and Linux.
• Experience with maintaining traceability and documentation for high reliability products. 
• Experience with python scripting.

Desired Skills

• Ubuntu Linux:
  • Able to use the command line interface to navigate through the file system. 
  • Able to execute commands or executables.
  • Familiar with updating or add software packages through apt.
  • Exposure to bash scripting on Ubuntu Linux.
• Python scripts:
  • Executing python scripts in a shell environment.
  • Experience creating python scripts. 
• Command-line interface Experience:
  • Linux Terminal (Requirement)
  • Windows Command Prompt
  • Windows PowerShell
• Virtual machines hosted by VMWare:
  • Able to launch and stop VMs.
  • Familiar with configuring devices such as network adapters or USB devices. 
• Experience testing and interfacing with Real-Time Operating Systems.
• Strong oral and written communication skills that enable effective collaboration and status reporting.

Pay Range

$37.00 - $48.00 per hour.

How We Determine What We Pay (Compensation Philosophy)

Redwire determines pay for positions using local, national, and industry-specific survey data, for our locations throughout the US. We will evaluate external equity and the cost of labor/prevailing wage index, in the relative marketplace for jobs directly comparable to jobs within our company.

For new hires, we strive to make competitive offers allowing the new employee room for future growth.  Salaries will be based on the applicant’s level of experience, education, and specialized knowledge and skills. Additionally, we consider the external market rate, the amount we have budgeted internally, and internal equity within the company for the same position. An employee/candidate with a stronger skill set will receive higher pay.

Redwire is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Redwire is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.

All offers of employment at Redwire are contingent upon clear results of a thorough background check and your ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the US.  Note that some positions will also require US citizenship or ability to obtain a security clearance due to requirements of a classified program.

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  Click Here

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