Principal Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Software Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Principal Ground Support Equipment (GSE) Software Engineer to lead the design, development, and evolution of the software platforms that control our automated electronic test and support systems. This role owns the technical direction and architecture of reusable software frameworks that serve both engineering development and production test environments. The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in modern Python software engineering, asynchronous systems programming, hardware communications, and software architecture. You will define, build, and continuously improve the core GSE software platform that enables reliable, maintainable, and scalable automated test and support systems across multiple programs and product lines. You will collaborate closely with the Lead Test Systems Engineer, Integration & Test engineers, the Engineering Systems Integration Engineer, and other cross-functional stakeholders to ensure the GSE software platform aligns with organizational needs and supports long-term engineering infrastructure.

What makes this role distinct?

Success in this role is measured by robustness, stability, and maintainability of the core platform; reliability and uptime of production test operations; measurable productivity gains for engineering and test teams; effective reuse of frameworks across projects and programs; and the ability to support increasingly sophisticated automated GSE and test systems.

This is not a QA automation or web application role. The Principal GSE Software Engineer defines and owns the reusable software platform that powers automated electronic test systems and Ground Support Equipment; sets the technical direction and architecture for long-lived engineering infrastructure supporting multiple products and programs; operates at the intersection of software engineering, hardware control, and systems integration to enable sophisticated, mission-critical automated test and support operations. In this role, you will be the technical leader ensuring that our GSE software platform is robust, extensible, and capable of supporting increasingly complex automated systems—directly influencing engineering efficiency, product quality, and production reliability.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Define the overarching GSE software platform architecture, including standards, design principles, and best practices.
• Design scalable asynchronous software architectures for concurrent control of instruments and support equipment.
• Lead the development of reusable Python