Data Engineer — Hybrid, Data Architecture & AI Readiness

Intuitive Machines Llc; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Machines is seeking a Data Engineer to support NASA programs in Houston, focusing on data architecture, governance, quality, and integration for enterprise platforms. The role enables intake workflows, CRM operations, analytics readiness, and cross-Agency data interoperability.

Responsibilities include refining data models, maintaining metadata, and delivering documentation across data domains. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in data engineering and experience with NASA or federal

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering and 4–5 years of experience in data engineering or related field.
• Strong data modeling, schema design, and metadata management abilities.
• Experience with CRM/workflow systems (Salesforce preferred).
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical/data solutions.
• Experience supporting governance, stewardship, and cross-functional coordination.
• Experience preparing data for analytics or AI initiatives.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and refine logical/physical data models and schemas
• Maintain metadata repositories, taxonomies, glossaries, and authoritative definitions
• Develop and monitor data quality rules, metrics, and remediation plans
• Document lineage, mappings, interfaces, retention, and lifecycle processes
• Support integration requirements, exchange analysis, and source to target designs
• Assist with analytics, dashboards, metrics development, and AI readiness
• Produce architecture, governance, quality, integration, and analytics documentation
• Other duties as assigned or required

Skills

Data modeling

Schema design

Metadata management

Governance & stewardship

Analytics readiness

Documentation & communication

AI readiness data prep

Parallel workstreams management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Tools

Salesforce

Power BI

PowerApps

APIs & integration

MDM

Job description

Intuitive Machines is seeking a Data Engineer to support NASA programs in Houston, focusing on data architecture, governance, quality, and integration for enterprise platforms. The role enables intake workflows, CRM operations, analytics readiness, and cross-Agency data interoperability.

Responsibilities include refining data models, maintaining metadata, and delivering documentation across data domains. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in data engineering and experience with NASA or federal