Head of Space Test Platforms & Full‑Stack Engineering

York Space Systems; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off (PTO)

401K

Job summary

York Space Systems in Austin, TX seeks an engineer to lead the Test Platforms in the Simulation, Integration and Test Department, developing full-stack applications for test execution, artifact management, and simulation GUI to support spacecraft validation before flight.

You will stay hands-on, drive product roadmaps, coordinate with SRE/DevSecOps, and mentor a team of 5-7 engineers, ensuring fast, quality releases and robust platform reliability across on-prem and cloud environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Experience leading a software team, including tasking, technical direction, and prioritization.
• Demonstrated experience owning a product roadmap and release cadence for user‑facing software.
• Demonstrated full stack development experience, with proficiency across both frontend (React or equivalent) and backend (Python).
• Experience designing and working with APIs and the data services behind them.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and release processes.
• Demonstrated proficiency in a Linux environment, with bash scripting, and with Docker and containerization.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Git and modern Agile software development practices and tools.
• Ability to communicate technical tradeoffs, priorities, and progress clearly to both engineers and upper management.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 5-7 engineers with strong leadership skills, including tasking, technical direction, career growth, and performance.
• Set priorities across the three full stack application platforms, working through a designated engineering lead for each, and grow that structure as the group scales.
• Stay hands-on, contributing code on focused work and reviewing your engineers’ work directly.
• Lead design, development, delivery, maintenance, and support of full stack applications supporting internal test teams, production floor operations, external customers, and mission operations.
• Own product roadmaps and release cadence across all three platforms, and align them with internal customer roadmaps.
• Direct development of a full-stack test execution platform enabling scripted, manual, and automated test flows, and stay close to the test engineers who use it daily.
• Direct development of centralized test visualizer , including recording and storage of test results from CI/CD and the vehicle production floor, dashboards, metrics, and reporting tools, and real‑time data visibility for Test Execution, TIE, and AI&T
• Direct development of simulation GUI , including fault injection tooling, simulation control UI/UX, and visualization tooling for simulated components
• Drive integration across the SIT portfolio, including Maestro, simulation tooling, SW automation infrastructure, and backend data services
• Partner with SRE/ DevSecOps on deployment, production controls, and platform reliability across on‑premise and cloud test environments
• Partner with Test Infrastructure & Execution on interface requirements and on release testing
• Support the Test Execution team during scenario‑based testing
• Receive feature requests and bug reports from across the company, prioritize them appropriately, and communicate tradeoffs clearly
• Relay team plans, progress, and needs to upper management regularly
• Follow SIT software development processes to ensure fast and quality releases of core platform products
• Implement software development, testing, and CI/CD practices across all platform products that meet division and department standards for software
• Develop and maintain product documentation and user guides
• Be available to support large test initiatives with our internal stakeholders

Skills

Frontend React

Backend Python

API design

CI/CD pipelines

Linux bash

Git

Agile development

Team leadership

Test automation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Docker

PostgreSQL

InfluxDB

MongoDB

Redis

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

York Space Systems in Austin, TX seeks an engineer to lead the Test Platforms in the Simulation, Integration and Test Department, developing full-stack applications for test execution, artifact management, and simulation GUI to support spacecraft validation before flight.

You will stay hands-on, drive product roadmaps, coordinate with SRE/DevSecOps, and mentor a team of 5-7 engineers, ensuring fast, quality releases and robust platform reliability across on-prem and cloud environments.