Communications Systems Automation Engineer

Ready to make connectivity from space universally accessible, secure and actionable? Then you’ve come to the right place!

E-Space is bridging Earth and space to enable hyper-scaled deployments of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and services. We are building a highly-advanced low Earth orbit (LEO) space system that will fundamentally change the design, economics, manufacturing and service delivery associated with traditional satellite and terrestrial IoT systems.

We’re intentional, we’re unapologetically curious and we’re 100% committed to innovate space-based communications and deliver actionable intelligence that will expand global economies, protect space and our planet and enhance our overall quality of life.

As a Senior SW Integration & Test Engineer – 5G Core, your primary responsibility will be to integrate and test 5G Core Network products. Leveraging your extensive 8+ years of expertise in testing Wireless Communications and Networking products, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and reliability of our systems.

This position will report to the Director – Quality Assurance and work closely with Software, Hardware and Platform Engineering teams. This position is based in our Arlington, TX office.

What you will do

• Design and implement a scalable test automation framework for 5G Core Network Functions across both virtualized and physical deployment targets.
• Develop Python-based test scripts and harnesses covering functional, regression, integration, and performance scenarios.
• Develop tooling for automated packet capture and protocol-level analysis to validate 5G stack behavior across interfaces.
• Extend automation to cover physical hardware environments, including hardware-in-the-loop setups with embedded radio hardware.
• Track, reproduce, and verify defects through their full lifecycle in Jira with clear, reproducible failure descriptions.
• Collaborate with software, platform, and systems engineers to ensure testability is designed into new features from the outset.

What you will do in this role

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of software test automation experience in wireless communications, networking, or embedded systems.
• Strong Python programming skills.
• Strong Linux skills and Linux networking experience.
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems and integrating automated test suites into pipelines.
• Experience with virtualized infrastructure like VMWare or Proxmox.
• Strong defect tracking and reporting discipline using Jira or equivalent tools.

Bonus points for the following

• Experience with 5G core networks.
• Experience with physical RF equipment such as spectrum analyzers or channel emulators.
• Experience with non-terrestrial networks (NTN), satellite communications or other mission-critical wireless systems.
• Experience in a startup or fast-paced R&D environment.