Top Python Jobs in Houston, TX

Designs and executes manual and automated tests for embedded software, develops test plans and documentation, analyzes results, debugs issues, and improves testing processes. Collaborates with software developers and external partners to ensure test coverage, resolve complex technical issues, and deliver reliable, high-quality embedded systems.

Conduct HPC and scientific application benchmarking, optimize performance on HPE systems, analyze bottlenecks across compute, memory, accelerators, interconnects, MPI, and I/O, and provide technical guidance to sales, marketing, development, and customers. The role requires expertise in Linux-based HPC environments, parallel programming, performance analysis, GPU technologies, storage systems, and large-scale application scaling.

Develop and operate hardware-in-the-loop and real-time simulation systems for energy storage and power conversion products. Build real-time models, integrate controllers and firmware, execute functional and fault test campaigns, automate testing and reporting, investigate failures, and support root-cause analysis. The role requires hands-on laboratory work with power electronics, controls, data acquisition, industrial protocols, and test documentation.

Designs and optimizes aerodynamic flowpaths for turboexpanders, centrifugal compressors, and related turbomachinery. Performs CFD, 1D, 2D, and 3D analyses, performance predictions, testing, commissioning, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis. Develops engineering tools and collaborates across design, simulation, manufacturing, proposals, and process engineering teams to improve equipment efficiency, reliability, and competitiveness.

Conduct automated and manual testing of rugged computer systems, including hardware, software, operating systems, BIOS/UEFI, networks, and peripherals. Diagnose board- and component-level issues using schematics and electronic measurement tools, analyze performance data, document defects in JIRA, verify compliance with specifications and military requirements, and collaborate with engineering and manufacturing teams on root-cause analysis and corrective actions.

Performs structural and thermal FEA/CFD simulations for industrial valve components and assemblies. Evaluates stresses, deformation, fatigue, contact, buckling, thermal effects, and design margins against engineering codes and requirements. Verifies models using calculations and test data, documents technically defensible findings, and recommends design improvements. Collaborates with design, manufacturing, quality, materials, testing, and product teams while developing standardized methods, automation, and simulation workflows.

Designs, builds, and operates AWS cloud infrastructure, including GovCloud environments, infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines, containers, IAM, monitoring, disaster recovery, and self-service tooling. The role serves as an AWS architecture escalation point, supports Azure and Microsoft 365 workloads, improves platform security and reliability, guides junior engineers, and communicates project status to stakeholders.

Lead functional and system safety engineering for a Level 4 autonomous trucking platform. Responsibilities include hazard analysis, safety requirements, safety cases, risk assessments, FMEA, fault-tree and STPA analyses, ODD evaluation, verification and validation strategy, supplier coordination, launch readiness, incident analysis, and safety governance. The role partners across autonomy, hardware, software, vehicle integration, operations, fleet, and testing teams to ensure safety risks are identified, mitigated, traceable, and supported by evidence for deployment decisions.

Supports manufacturing digitalization and system integration across MES, ERP, automation, quality, and BI platforms. Develops SQL and Python integrations, ETL processes, APIs, dashboards, automated reporting, and data governance. Translates shop-floor requirements into technical solutions, supports testing and commissioning, maintains system documentation, advances paperless and Industry 4.0 initiatives, and trains users on digital tools.

Supports manufacturing digitalization and systems integration across MES, ERP, automation, quality, and BI platforms. Writes SQL and Python, supports ETL, APIs, data migration, dashboards, reporting, UAT, validation, and system commissioning. Translates shop-floor requirements into technical solutions, improves paperless workflows and traceability, documents architectures and processes, defines KPIs, and trains personnel on digital tools. Collaborates with operations, quality, engineering, IT, and vendors to enhance manufacturing efficiency and data visibility.

Design and implement production-quality system software, tools, and frameworks for enterprise storage systems. Develop and run realistic validation and analysis solutions, debug cross-layer issues (application, OS, driver, hardware), collaborate with firmware/hardware teams, drive technical design, mentor engineers, and evolve internal tooling with AI integrations.

Supports NASA human spaceflight programs by developing, integrating, simulating, and testing spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control flight software and hardware. Responsibilities include control algorithm development, six-degree-of-freedom modeling, Monte Carlo and stability analysis, hardware- and software-in-the-loop testing, telemetry analysis, anomaly troubleshooting, and technical documentation. The role collaborates with senior engineers and NASA customers on programs including Gateway, Orion, and the International Space Station.

Lead a mainframe storage engineering function supporting highly available IBM Z compute and storage platforms. Configure IBM DS8000 and TS7700 infrastructure, manage DFSMS storage policies, backups, replication, disaster recovery, capacity planning, and REXX automation. Troubleshoot outages and dataset access issues, conduct root-cause analysis, and execute complex storage migrations. The role requires expertise in z/OS storage utilities, tape management, FICON, replication protocols, resiliency technologies, and storage performance.

Lead the design, development, integration, verification, and testing of mission-critical communications software for spacecraft. Provide technical and team leadership, analyze requirements, oversee C/C++ and Python development, manage software risks, and establish validation procedures. Support embedded systems, RF communications, data protocols, software-defined radios, encryption, real-time operating systems, and avionics integration. Maintain technical documentation, coordinate sprint planning, and manage resources across multiple projects.

Develops high-fidelity fluid, thermal, and electrical models for EVA spacesuit performance analysis and verification. Responsibilities include building models in NASA Trick and GUNNS, debugging and validating simulations against test data, assessing uncertainty and credibility, conducting trade studies, verifying system requirements, and integrating models into larger simulation frameworks. The role applies systems engineering principles, documents verification activities, communicates technical progress, and supports agile project execution.

Leads the design, development, integration, testing, and verification of navigation input/output software for aerospace systems. Provides technical and team leadership, analyzes requirements, oversees C/C++ and Python implementation, manages real-time GN&C performance, mitigates risks, maintains technical documentation, and coordinates resources across multiple projects. The role also requires collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and experience integrating navigation sensors, actuators, avionics, embedded software, and I/O protocols.

Defines and maintains Axiom Station’s technical architecture across hardware, software, and operations. Develops system requirements, functional architectures, trade analyses, interfaces, and technical deliverables using MBSE and SysML. Coordinates subsystem integration, risk management, verification, configuration control, design reviews, and mission operations alignment. Supports agile project management, integration and testing, stakeholder communication, and NASA lifecycle milestones.

Support high-priority issues for major Juniper Networks customers using MX, PTX, and ACX products. Diagnose and resolve complex routing, switching, and security problems across large IP networks, restore services, manage escalations, and build customer relationships. Collaborate with technical and service teams on knowledge transfer, product improvements, documentation, and customer communications. Maintain expertise in Juniper technologies and contribute to improved support quality and customer satisfaction.

Develops and debugs firmware enhancements for DSP, embedded code, EFI drivers, EFI applications, and BIOS/UEFI. Executes tests, logs and resolves issues, and collaborates with internal and outsourced development partners. Supports firmware engineering teams in delivering reliable, cost-effective solutions for low- to moderately-complex products.

Design, develop, deploy, configure, test, troubleshoot, and optimize cloud infrastructure, platforms, and services. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver cloud solutions, automate deployment processes, support cloud operations, and provide technical assistance. Monitor reliability, performance, and security while staying current with cloud-computing trends and best practices.

Analyzes and reports integrated performance metrics for Axiom’s EVA spacesuit system. Responsibilities include managing and analyzing test data, developing Python-based analysis tools, tracking mass and power metrics, creating dashboards, maturing performance assessments, supporting NASA delivery, and communicating progress and risks to stakeholders. The role also contributes to design trades, cross-functional collaboration, and agile project management across the spaceflight system development lifecycle.

Develops and maintains integrations between student information systems and instructional platforms, including LMS and assessment tools. Builds scripts and ETL workflows for student data delivery, validates mappings, monitors integration jobs, troubleshoots failures, and optimizes performance. Documents schemas and processes, supports rostering and synchronization, partners with academic teams and vendors, and contributes to architecture planning while ensuring FERPA and district privacy compliance.

Installs, configures, secures, and maintains enterprise Linux infrastructure, virtualization platforms, identity and directory services, and cloud operations tools. Resolves escalated Level II and III support issues, supports patching, backups, monitoring, automation, containerization, and application distribution. Leads or supports major IT projects, documents procedures, mentors team members, and participates in on-call and after-hours support.

The SDN Automation Engineer designs, deploys, and manages software-defined networking solutions, focusing on automation, scalability, and operational efficiency in enterprise and cloud environments.

Supports applications engineering through embedded firmware and software development, customer issue debugging, lab setup, system bring-up, protocol and driver support, code updates, and technical documentation. The intern assists with SAS/SATA/NVMe, RAID, PCIe, security, encryption, operating systems, customer deliverables, compatibility testing, and root-cause analysis while collaborating with customers, partners, and internal teams.