Inversion Space
Senior Platform Engineer
$139K–$201K
Playa Vista, California, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 25, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years; no alternatives stated.
- Visa sponsorship
- To comply with ITAR, must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
About the job
Develops and maintains infrastructure and self-service tools for flight-system simulation and testing, enabling reliable, repeatable engineering workflows.
What you'll do
- Provision and maintain infrastructure for HPC, SIL, and HIL simulation workflows, including cloud resources and networks.
- Automate infrastructure using IaC, containers, and orchestration; contribute to systems that provision and deploy simulation resources.
- Build and manage CI/CD pipelines with engineering teams to improve iteration speed and flight-system reliability.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of professional experience in platform, DevOps, infrastructure, or software engineering.
- Expertise in DevOps best practices; proficiency in one or more scripting languages; experience with Linux-based systems.
- Experience with one or more CI/CD platforms, containerization, and orchestration.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government Secret/Top Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Expertise in AWS and GCP, Terraform, database or network administration, or observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
- Experience with embedded systems, SIL/HIL or robotics testbeds, Linux-based real-time systems, or cloud-based/distributed HPC.
Pay
USD 139,000 - USD 201,000 annual base salary
Tools
Python, Lua, Bash, PowerShell, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Docker/Podman
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