Top Senior Python Jobs in Houston, TX

Design, implement, automate, govern, and support enterprise Azure infrastructure and shared cloud services. Build Terraform modules and deployment workflows, administer Entra ID, strengthen security and governance, manage networking and platform services, and troubleshoot complex production issues. Collaborate with infrastructure, security, networking, application, and data teams while documenting standards, supporting continuity, contributing to architecture roadmaps, and mentoring junior engineers. This is a full-time, on-site contractor role in Houston.

Designs and executes infrastructure QA plans covering RHEL updates, containerized deployments, platform upgrades, performance testing, rollback safety, and CI/CD validation. Builds test automation and monitoring scripts, validates server sizing and production-bound systems under load, and collaborates with systems, DevOps, and application engineering teams on acceptance criteria. Documents defects and qualification outcomes while troubleshooting issues across operating system, network, and application layers.

Design, analyze, procure, test, and mature propulsion components and fluid systems for flight hardware. Create CAD models, P&IDs, test plans, and requirements; perform fluid network modeling, data analysis, and hands-on hardware testing. Collaborate with propulsion, vehicle, systems engineering, test, procurement, and external suppliers to meet engine requirements. The role requires aerospace or mechanical engineering expertise, multidisciplinary project experience, and familiarity with aerospace materials, fluid connections, CAD, simulation, and test tools.

Design, analyze, manufacture, and test propellant and pressure management systems for rocket engines. Responsibilities include fluid network modeling, P&ID development, CAD modeling, tank and structural design, engine balance and cycle analysis, test planning, hotfire data analysis, and coordinating requirements across vehicle, structures, avionics, and test teams. The role takes propulsion systems from concept through flight-ready hardware and requires multidisciplinary aerospace systems engineering experience.

Administer and secure global Windows, Linux, cloud, virtualization, networking, identity, storage, backup, and end-user systems. Serve as the Tier 3 escalation point for infrastructure and laboratory technology incidents, lead infrastructure projects, automate administration, support compliance requirements, and manage vendors across US, UK, and Australia operations.

Leads a team of automation engineers supporting semiconductor fabrication and transceiver assembly. Oversees design, deployment, and maintenance of equipment automation, MES interfaces, factory systems, SECS/GEM interfaces, and data collection solutions. Drives productivity, quality, capacity, and cost improvements; manages projects, metrics, vendors, equipment acceptance, troubleshooting, training, and incident response. The role is on-site in a cleanroom environment and requires extended hours when needed.

Develop and maintain automated calibration systems using LabVIEW, integrating NI hardware and third-party instrumentation. Build automated test procedures, user interfaces, data management solutions, and measurement workflows. Collaborate with metrology teams to align procedures with calibration standards and uncertainty requirements. Troubleshoot software, hardware, and procedure issues; document systems; train users; and communicate technical solutions to customers and stakeholders.

Supports and optimizes business applications, infrastructure, and technology solutions across North America. Responsibilities include configuring SAP Business One, CRM, automation, and integration systems; analyzing data with SQL and BI tools; documenting requirements; developing test cases; monitoring system health; troubleshooting issues; and implementing system upgrades and maintenance procedures.

The Senior Site Reliability Engineer improves infrastructure reliability and scalability, partners with various teams, implements IaC and CI/CD, and ensures business continuity through effective BCP/DR planning.

Implements and maintains enterprise network designs for NASA mission operations. The engineer supports routing, switching, firewalls, VPNs, network security, troubleshooting, configuration management, project scheduling, change management, and cross-functional implementation activities. The role requires Cisco and Aruba expertise, CCNA certification, strong documentation and communication skills, and the ability to work independently onsite at Johnson Space Center. Experience with automation, cloud networking, virtualization, and monitoring tools is preferred.

Develop and analyze safety-critical flight software requirements, architecture, interfaces, documentation, and verification activities for NASA’s Moon Base program. Identify software vulnerabilities, support cybersecurity risk mitigation, maintain requirements traceability, coordinate defect resolution and milestone reviews, and oversee compliance with NASA software engineering standards. The role also supports integration testing, software tools and scripts, technical assessments, and collaboration with NASA and contractor engineering teams.

Develop, integrate, test, debug, and maintain high-fidelity real-time spacecraft simulation software supporting NASA Orion and Artemis missions. Build C++ and Python systems in Linux, conduct software verification across multiple test levels, support 6-DoF simulation and spacecraft test environments, maintain requirements traceability and configuration management, and collaborate with engineering teams and government customers.

Develops and maintains high-fidelity spacecraft simulation models, including environmental, vehicle, sensor, effector, and interface models. Responsibilities include real-time and faster-than-real-time simulation, HWIL testing, FDIR fault modeling, verification and unit testing, SQA tool development, and support for flight software, ground software, and operations teams. The role collaborates with aerospace, GNC, vehicle software, and subsystem engineers.

Designs, implements, troubleshoots, and supports complex enterprise networks across offices, campuses, and data centers. Responsibilities include Cisco routing and switching, SD-WAN, wireless, BGP/OSPF/EIGRP, Equinix connectivity, physical infrastructure validation, network architecture, monitoring, documentation, and technical leadership during deployments and upgrades. The role requires extensive hands-on networking experience, after-hours support, and travel to infrastructure locations.

Own embedded perception sensor systems from hardware bring-up through production. Develop camera drivers, device tree overlays, and low-latency sensor pipelines on NVIDIA Jetson platforms. Build multi-sensor synchronization, calibration, and validation infrastructure, while partnering with electrical engineers and silicon vendors. Qualify sensors for harsh industrial environments involving heat, vibration, EMI, welding arcs, and ingress. Support perception and autonomy teams as the technical authority on sensor capabilities.

Designs and executes validation strategies for rack-scale HPC and AI systems across hardware, firmware, OS, storage, networking, and management interfaces. Troubleshoots and drives issue resolution, supports Linux certification, coordinates automated and manual testing across global teams, and mentors test staff to improve release readiness and validation efficiency.

Leads optical navigation engineering across lunar and interplanetary missions. Responsibilities include designing and testing optical navigation and camera systems, operational analysis, camera calibration, image processing, planetary terrain modeling, software architecture, flight software development, verification, risk mitigation, and mission support. The role coordinates multidisciplinary teams, manages multiple projects, mentors engineers, oversees schedules and budgets, and communicates technical results to stakeholders and executives.

Leads development, optimization, qualification, and scale-up of sputtering and thin-film deposition processes for continuous HTS wire manufacturing. Designs statistically rigorous experiments, improves yield and film quality, establishes process controls, troubleshoots complex manufacturing issues, and drives corrective actions. Partners cross-functionally on production integration, documentation, validation, and supplier coordination while mentoring junior engineers and leading technical improvement projects.

Develop and maintain electrical power system requirements, models, budgets, interfaces, supplier data, configuration records, and verification documentation for Axiom Station. Perform power, energy, voltage-drop, protection, efficiency, dissipation, and transient analyses. Support laboratory testing, data reduction, technical reviews, and action closure while growing toward ownership of requirements, analyses, and interfaces under senior engineering mentorship.

The Senior DevOps Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting scalable cloud-native infrastructures and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring high reliability and performance while mentoring technical teams and promoting DevOps best practices.

Manage enterprise IT infrastructure across offices, data centers, endpoints, and SaaS environments. Lead IAM, system reliability, patching, MDM, virtualization, storage, ITSM workflows, and automation initiatives. Lead and mentor a small IT team while remaining hands-on with escalations, projects, technical direction, workload planning, and on-call operations. Support security compliance, audit readiness, and autonomous trucking operations.

Support Juniper MX and Routing Director platforms in large-scale ISP and data center environments. Plan network deployments, develop implementation plans, test solutions, troubleshoot hardware and software issues, manage JTAC cases, provide root-cause analysis, and advise customers on network operations. The role requires deep routing and switching expertise, customer communication, technical documentation, and collaboration with resident engineers. Automation and DevOps knowledge, including Python, Ansible, APIs, and Junos scripting, is preferred.

Owns core platforms that deliver autonomous driving software from development through vehicle deployment. Responsibilities include C++ build and packaging systems, CI/CD, Docker and Kubernetes infrastructure, cloud and edge services, APIs, event-driven architecture, identity and access control, PKI, mTLS, secrets management, and fleet operations. The role also involves code review, architectural design, infrastructure on-call, mentoring, and cross-team technical leadership.

Design and own LLM inference runtime components, including engine integration, continuous batching, KV cache management, quantized execution, and distributed GPU execution. Build Kubernetes orchestration for scheduling, routing, admission, and autoscaling. Optimize latency, throughput, and GPU utilization; evaluate emerging inference technologies; resolve customer issues; conduct code reviews; and mentor engineers.

Lead and deliver secure, scalable cloud-native software solutions; write and review code; drive AI-assisted engineering adoption; evaluate vendors; promote operational stability and engineering best practices.