Test Platforms Lead

York Space Systems; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

PTO

401K

Job summary

York Space Systems seeks an experienced engineering leader to head the Test Platforms application teams within the Simulation, Integration and Test Department. You will coordinate requirements, own roadmaps, and ensure end-to-end platform coherence across test execution, artifact management, and simulation GUIs.

You will stay hands-on, review code, mentor engineers, and drive fast, quality releases while partnering with SRE/DevSecOps, Test Infrastructure and external customers to accelerate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or greater in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 4+ years of experience in software engineering or a related field.
• 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

• Lead the design, development, delivery, maintenance, and support of three full stack platforms.
• Manage a team of 5-7 engineers, set priorities, and drive roadmaps.
• Stay hands-on, review code and contribute directly.
• Coordinate platform requirements with internal and external customers.
• Collaborate with SRE/DevSecOps on deployment and reliability across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Drive integration across SIT portfolio including Maestro, simulation tooling, and backend data services.
• Support large test initiatives with internal stakeholders and ensure timely releases.
• Develop product documentation and user guides.

Skills

Leadership

Product roadmap

Frontend development (React)

Backend development (Python)

APIs

CI/CD

Linux/bash

Git

Agile

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or greater in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Docker

PostgreSQL

InfluxDB

MongoDB

Redis

Git

Job description

York Space Systems was founded to radically improve spacecraft affordability and reliability, transforming, and enabling next- generation space mission operations worldwide. Today, York is one of the most innovative aerospace companies, specializing in end-to-end customer solutions and the rapid production of spacecraft platforms. York’s complete Space Segment Solution includes spacecraft production, payload integration, system integration & test, launch services, ground segment services, and mission operations, enabling customers to leverage York’s existing technology solutions to get to orbit rapidly and responsively. We’re looking to expand our team across the board.

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic engineer to lead the Test Platforms application teams in the Simulation, Integration and Test Department with a passion for launching hardware into space and a desire to revolutionize the space industry. Our ideal candidate thrives in a highly collaborative environment and enjoys finding ways to innovate and make processes more efficient.

This role develops and maintains a full-stack application suite that York's test organization runs on. One is our test execution platform and the entry point for all testing across the organization, used by engineers on the production floor to run mission critical tests on real spacecraft before they ship. Another platform is the test artifact management and visualization application for our system of recording test data, capturing results from CI/CD and the production floor and turning them into the dashboards, metrics, and reports that internal teams and customers depend on. The other platform is our full-stack GUI for fault injection, simulation control, and visualization of our spacecraft simulation. Together they cover the full arc of a test: run it, see it, and prove what happened.

In this role you will coordinate platform requirements with internal and external customers and drive design, development, maintenance, and support of all three products. You will manage tasking across the group, own product roadmaps and release cadence, and convey progress to upper management. You will also be one of the primary integration points across the department, working closely with Simulation, Test Infrastructure & Execution, and SRE/DevSecOps to keep the platform coherent end to end.

This is primarily a management role, but it is not a hands-off one. You should expect to stay in the codebase, contribute directly on focused work, and review your engineers' code with real technical judgment. You will follow your products from development to deployment.

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

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or greater in Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• 4+ years of experience in software engineering or a related field
• 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

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with both product and people management
• Experience building internal tooling or platforms with a defined internal user base, including gathering feedback and iterating directly with users
• Experience with database management and data modeling (PostgreSQL, InfluxDB, MongoDB, Redis)
• Experience with data visualization, dashboards, or automated report generation
• Experience with agentic or AI-assisted software development workflows
• Experience with C++
• DevOps background, especially using GitLab CI/CD
• Interest in 3D graphics or mapping (three.js, deck.gl, WebGL, MapLibre)
• Experience in end-to-end, system-level automated testing
• Experience with Software-in-the-Loop (SITL) and/or Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) test systems
• Ability to interface with and handle flight hardware
• Familiarity with writing test documentation, such as test plans, procedures, and reports
• Familiarity with the space domain and satellite operations
• Networking concepts like UDP/TCP
• Embedded development
• Active Top Secret security clearance or ability to obtain

Benefits

In addition to compensation, York Space Systems is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance along with PTO and a 401K.

York Space Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, military or protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Must have permanent authorization to work in the United States. This policy applies to all terms and conditions or employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. YORK SPACE SYSTEMS IS AN EEO EMPLOYER.