Ground Segment Test Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: UK or Luxembourg

Company

hirify.global develops in-orbit servicing and space debris removal solutions to enable sustainable space operations.

What you will do

• Design, expand, and maintain automated test frameworks for Ground Segment tools, including configured COTS products and internally developed systems.
• Integrate automated testing with CI/CD pipelines to continuously validate mission software builds.
• Develop and maintain test infrastructure using Python, behave, Allure, and other testing frameworks.
• Plan and execute end-to-end integration tests covering mission operations workflows, system interfaces, and data flows.
• Collaborate with developers, system engineers, and operations teams to identify test coverage gaps and implement robust solutions.
• Maintain traceability of test artefacts, results, and non-conformances, and support test environments with mock services, simulators, and virtualized Ground Segment systems.

Requirements

• Experience with automated testing tools, frameworks, and methodologies.
• Strong programming skills in Python.
• Hands-on experience with behave for BDD and reporting frameworks such as Allure.
• Familiarity with integrating test suites with CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of software integration, interface testing, and system-of-systems behaviours.

Nice to have

• Experience testing Ground Segment or mission operations systems.
• Knowledge of satellite operations concepts, TM/TC flows, or space mission architectures.
• Experience with simulators, spacecraft emulators, or hardware-in-the-loop testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within an expert engineering team focused on sustainable space operations.
• Contribute to mission-critical services supporting safe, reliable, and autonomous space operations.
• Collaborate with world-leading institutions and companies in the space sector.