Atlanta, GA

Salary
$73,150–$174,000from the description
Posted
Aug 10, 2026
Location
Atlanta, GA
Last confirmed open
Sep 24, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A hardware validation engineer role on an aerospace team, focused on writing and executing Python scripts to test embedded systems and low-level hardware interfaces in a lab environment. The work involves board-level debugging, protocol validation (UART, SPI, I2C, CAN, and others), root-cause analysis, and test documentation. Suited to candidates with hands-on hardware testing experience and solid Python scripting skills.

Mid level · 3+ years · Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ · Full-time

Must have (9)
PythonUARTRS-422/485SPII2CGPIOEthernetCANGit
Nice to have (1)
DO-178C

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How this req sits in the market our data

Roughly 6 people in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 1–9

Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.

What gives you an edge
I2C2%UART3%SPI3%Ethernet10%

Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.

What won't set you apart
Python51%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

What the occupation pays Median $102,955 (middle half $78,346–$126,185). This posting is about at that midpoint.

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 11, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (5)

The posting lists two locations: the body specifies '100% onsite – Deer Valley, AZ' (a district of Phoenix), while the footer metadata states 'Atlanta, GA'. The Deer Valley/Phoenix location is treated as authoritative since it appears in the role description itself.

The title carries no seniority level word; the 3+ years requirement and scope of independent lab work map to a Mid-level band.

A Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering or CS field is listed as a requirement, but the posting explicitly accepts 'equivalent work experience' as a substitute, so the degree requirement is set to None.

DO-178C knowledge is explicitly flagged as 'highly preferred' in the posting, so it is marked as preferred rather than required.

The role sits between QA/testing (15-1253) and software development (15-1252) because it involves writing Python code and using Git with code reviews, but the primary day-to-day work is hardware validation and test execution, which aligns more closely with 15-1253.

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