Iridium is an award-winning and innovative satellite communications company with bragging rights to the only network that offers voice and data connectivity anywhere in the world. For over 20 years, Iridium's unique network and services have supported critical communications needs for individuals, businesses, and the evolving Internet of Things.

At Iridium, we understand the importance of staying connected and the limitations of traditional communications networks. People across the globe, including first responders, humanitarians, global militaries, scientific researchers, and lone workers, as well as ships, aircraft and remote operations all rely on Iridium to stay connected. We take our responsibility for providing these essential communications very seriously and pride ourselves on offering a reliable lifeline when needed. Likewise, Iridium is committed to providing an exciting and innovative workplace, where employees are challenged to think outside the box and collaborate on new, bold ideas and solutions. Our talented teams are passionate about their work and the impact our company makes around the world. Iridium fosters an empowering and inclusive culture that allows employees to genuinely be their best selves. We are looking for others who want to join this truly unique company that celebrates our employees and provides the opportunity to truly make a difference in the world.

What we're looking for:

Jumpstart your engineering career with a dynamic and fast-paced team! Join Iridium's Test Engineering team as a Test Engineer I! In this role you will contribute to the research, development, testing, and sustaining engineering activities of Iridium services and ground communications infrastructure. As a Test Engineer I, you'll assist in verifying the reliability and robustness of Iridium products and communication services and will participate in the development activities related to our test automation efforts. You will be successful in this role if you have a keen desire to learn and a passion for software and hardware test engineering. Don't miss out on this opportunity to join an innovative and dynamic team at the forefront of satellite communications technology!

What you'll do:

Work collaboratively with software, hardware, and system development engineers to ensure high product quality.
• Assist in decomposing requirements into verifiable test objectives.
• Participate in integrating, testing, maintaining, and operating gateway hardware, lab hardware, and software systems along with cloud-based systems and services.
• Generate and present reports based on test execution and analysis.
• Assist in recreating and isolating reported software and/or hardware defects using test infrastructure and document non-compliances.
• Research and assist with implementing hardware upgrades of ground infrastructure and test systems.
• Participate in maintaining and executing test automation for feature, defect and regression testing.
• Help your team with maintaining configuration management of the test automation software and scripts.
• Work with industry standard tools and software such as Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana, Amazon Web Services, CI/CD DevOps pipelines, containers and more.

What you'll need to succeed:

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to communicate key messages and ideas clearly and effectively.
• Adaptability to a dynamic environment and the readiness to take on any new tasks that are handed to you.
• A motivation to achieve outcomes and results.
• Capable of handling multiple tasks at once and completing them on time with guidance for accuracy and quality
• An eagerness to develop professionally, continuously learn, and share knowledge with others

Experience/Education that you must have:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or similar field
• Basic knowledge of Cloud Computing Services and Cloud Infrastructure
• Basic knowledge of featured services such as storage, compute services, containers, and virtual servers
• General experience and/or knowledge of various software languages including Python, C, C++, C#, Java, etc.
• An interest in providing high-quality, cost-effective system integration, test, and support services
• A drive to work with test automation processes

Experience/Education that would be great if you have:

• Previous exposure via college courses or internships to the following skills:
  
  • Software management tools (JIRA and/or Bamboo)
  • Integrated Development Environment (PyCharm, Spyder, Pydev, etc.)
  • Machine virtualization, specifically VMware Desktop and ESXi
  • Databases such as Oracle, MySQL, and/or SQL Server
  • Python
  • Distributed version control systems such as git
  • Agile development methodology

We'll also need you to:

• Be able to travel up to 15 days annually
• Be on-call to support operational issues
• Be a U.S. citizen (due to ITAR restrictions)

Work Environment:

This position primarily works in the company office or in a home office. The position is largely sedentary with the majority of the position sitting in a chair and working with a computer. The role uses basic office equipment including a phone, video, computer, keyboard, mouse and printer. For meetings in person, this position will need to be able stand, walk within the office and climb stairs on occasion.