Test Platforms Lead

• 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

• 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

• 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.

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply by clicking the “Apply” link at the top of the page. York Space Systems will be accepting applications on a rolling basis until the position is closed. 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.