Senior Platform Engineer

Senior Platform Engineer

Lawrence Harvey are working exclusively with a well-funded, venture-backed aerospace technology company is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to help build the infrastructure that powers mission-critical simulation and testing environments for next-generation autonomous systems.

Working as part of a highly collaborative engineering team, you'll design and build the internal platform that enables developers to rapidly develop, deploy, and validate software running on complex hardware systems. This is a high-impact role focused on improving engineering velocity through scalable infrastructure, automation, and modern platform tooling.

What You'll Be Doing

Design, deploy, and maintain infrastructure supporting large-scale simulation and testing environments.

Build internal developer platforms and self-service tooling to streamline engineering workflows.

Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions to automate provisioning and deployment.

Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines to accelerate software delivery and improve reliability.

Deploy and manage containerized workloads using modern orchestration platforms.

Partner closely with software, systems, and hardware engineers to improve development, testing, and release processes.

Manage cloud infrastructure, networking, and platform reliability across engineering environments.

Help build scalable systems that support software-in-the-loop (SIL), hardware-in-the-loop (HIL), and other advanced simulation workflows. What We're Looking For

5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering, or Software Engineering.

Strong Linux systems administration experience.

Experience with Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar scripting languages.

Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

Strong experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins.

Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or similar tooling.

Experience working with AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or other cloud infrastructure platforms.

Strong understanding of networking, automation, and scalable infrastructure design. Nice to Have

Experience supporting embedded systems or robotics environments.

Experience with software-in-the-loop (SIL) or hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing.

Familiarity with high-performance computing (HPC) environments.

Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.

Experience supporting real-time Linux environments. What's on Offer

Opportunity to join a rapidly growing engineering organization tackling highly complex technical challenges.

Work alongside an exceptional team of engineers building cutting-edge software and infrastructure.

Significant ownership with the ability to influence architecture and platform strategy.

Competitive base salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Full-time onsite position in the Los Angeles area.