Space Test Platform Lead — Architect & Builder

Loft Orbital; United Arab Emirates; On-site; AED 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Loft Orbital is seeking a Lead Test Platform Engineer to own the end-to-end Test Platform environment used for spacecraft integration, verification, validation, and manufacturing. The role spans hardware, software, Linux, networking, instrumentation, and GSE, with a focus on scalable, reusable platforms for increasing production.

The ideal candidate will drive architecture, build, deployment, and operational support across multidisciplinary teams, delivering reliable, maintainable systems and

Qualifications

• Significant engineering experience owning complex test stations, SIL/HIL platforms, integration environments, or similar multidisciplinary test systems.
• Demonstrated experience taking Test Platforms from requirements and architecture through build, integration, commissioning, deployment, and operational support.
• Strong hands-on hardware/software/system integration experience.
• Strong practical experience with Linux environments, networking, compute infrastructure, and system troubleshooting.
• Strong Python and scripting capability.
• Practical experience with Git/GitLab, CI/CD, containers, configuration management, and automated deployment.
• Experience integrating hardware, software, instrumentation, embedded devices, and communication interfaces within test environments.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex failures spanning hardware, software, networking, instrumentation, and system interfaces.
• Experience leading architecture/design reviews and root-cause investigations.
• Demonstrated technical leadership across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
• Strong systems-level thinking with the ability to remain technically hands-on.
• Strong cross-functional communication and engineering judgement.
• Ability to establish technical ownership, engineering standards, and scalable approaches rather than relying on one-off solutions.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture, development, deployment, operation, and continuous improvement of spacecraft Test Platforms.
• Lead Test Stations, Test Benches, SIL/HIL environments, and associated EGSE/SCOE.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineering, AIT, Software, Avionics, Electrical, RF/Payload, Design Engineering, and Operations.
• Guide architecture/design reviews and root-cause investigations to improve reliability and scalability.

Skills

Test platforms ownership

Hardware/software integration

Linux systems

Networking

Python scripting

Git/GitLab

CI/CD

Containerization

Automation

Test station/bench design

Root-cause analysis

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Tools

Git/GitLab

CI/CD tooling

Containers

Job description

Loft Orbital is seeking a Lead Test Platform Engineer to own the end-to-end Test Platform environment used for spacecraft integration, verification, validation, and manufacturing. The role spans hardware, software, Linux, networking, instrumentation, and GSE, with a focus on scalable, reusable platforms for increasing production.

The ideal candidate will drive architecture, build, deployment, and operational support across multidisciplinary teams, delivering reliable, maintainable systems and