Senior Test Platform Architect for Spacecraft Systems

Loft Orbital; Dubai; On-site; AED 450,000 - 750,000; Full time

Job summary

Loft Orbital is seeking a Lead Test Platform Engineer to own the end-to-end Test Platform environment for spacecraft integration, verification, validation, and manufacturing. This senior role requires hands-on leadership across hardware, software, Linux, networking, and test automation to build reusable, scalable platforms for increasing production.

You will collaborate with Systems Engineering, AIT, Software, Avionics, Electrical, RF/Payload, and Design teams to drive architecture improvements

Qualifications

• Significant engineering experience owning complex Test Stations, SIL/HIL platforms, integration environments or similar test systems.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture, development, deployment, and operation of spacecraft Test Platforms.

Skills

Test platforms ownership

Systems integration

Linux environments

Python scripting

Git/GitLab CI/CD

Containers/Automation tooling

Root-cause investigations

Architecture reviews

Technical leadership

Cross-functional communication

Engineering standards

Tools

GitLab

CI/CD pipelines

Docker/containers

Job description

Loft Orbital is seeking a Lead Test Platform Engineer to own the end-to-end Test Platform environment for spacecraft integration, verification, validation, and manufacturing. This senior role requires hands-on leadership across hardware, software, Linux, networking, and test automation to build reusable, scalable platforms for increasing production.

You will collaborate with Systems Engineering, AIT, Software, Avionics, Electrical, RF/Payload, and Design teams to drive architecture improvements