Electrical Vehicle Engineer

Intuitive Machines, LLC; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health and welfare insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Intuitive Machines in Palo Alto, CA seeks a seasoned electrical engineer to lead the EVE team in testing and integration of flight‑critical electrical systems for spacecraft. You will manage test environments, coordinate with the EAGE team, and drive rigorous verification across multiple shifts to ensure flight readiness.

You will guide wiring, harnesses, and avionics integration, document procedures, and perform hands‑on debugging.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, electronics, aerospace engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience; Master’s degree counts as 2 years.
• U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
• Ability to work across multiple shifts as business needs require.
• Proficiency in MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Define test environments and prepare equipment and procedures for new products; review FED scripts to ensure safe test execution.
• Lead electrical test team across a 3-shift, 7 days per week schedule; coordinate with EAGE and spacecraft teams.
• Assist electrical integration of spacecraft subsystems ensuring proper power distribution and data handling.
• Design and maintain wiring diagrams, schematics, and test procedures per spacecraft test requirements.
• Support functional and environmental testing campaigns including TVAC, Vibration, Acoustics and EMC; review tests during Build process.
• Provide first-line debugging of electrical non-conformances and coordinate with SMEs to resolve anomalies.

Skills

MS Office

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical/electronics/aerospace engineering

Job description

Please review the job details below.

Intuitive Machines is currently seeking a seasoned, detail-oriented engineer to join our Electrical Vehicle Engineering (EVE) team in our Palo Alto, CA office 5 days a week. In this role you will be supporting the integration and testing of flight‑critical electrical systems, wire harnesses, and avionics components for advanced spacecraft. You will be leading an electrical team and working with senior engineering staff to play a hands‑on role in ensuring vehicle system functionality and flight readiness.

Responsibilities

• Test Environment Definition: Perform analysis of test equipment requirements and coordinate with the Electrical Aerospace Ground Equipment (EAGE) team to ensure the proper design and setup of all relevant test hardware. Prepare test and diagnostic programs, designs test fixtures and equipment, and completes specifications and procedures for new products. Review scripts from the Front‑End Engineering and Development (FED) team to ensure the safe execution of commands to verify bus test requirements. Evaluate and recommend the purchase of test equipment.
• Scheduling/Tasking: Meet with the spacecraft team daily to determine electrical testing to be performed while optimizing the overall schedule. Generate task logs to communicate authorization of tasks to be performed by the electrical team. Provide leadership to the electrical test team for 3 shift, 7 days‑per‑week operations.
• System Integration: Assist in the electrical integration of spacecraft subsystems, ensuring clean connectivity, power distribution, and command and data handling operations.
• Test Definition: Design, develop, and implement cost‑effective methods of testing and troubleshooting systems and equipment for all phases of product development and manufacturing. Draft, update, and maintain detailed engineering documentation, including wiring interconnect diagrams, electrical schematics, and step‑by‑step test procedures. Ensure that all documentation complies with spacecraft test requirements.
• Test Execution & Verification: Support the execution of functional and environmental testing campaigns, including Thermal Vacuum (TVAC), Vibration, Acoustics and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing. Provide initial review of all tests run during spacecraft Build process. Travel to the Launch Base to perform final checkout of the spacecraft prior to launch.
• Anomaly Resolution: Provide first‑line debugging of all electrical non‑conformances and test anomalies and then coordinate with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to resolve all electrical anomalies discovered during testing. Exercise good judgement in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.

Minimum Requirements

• Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• Bachelor’s degree in an electrical, electronics, aerospace engineering or related discipline. Four years of additional experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree
• Minimum of 5 years of related experience, a Master’s degree will count as 2 years of experience.
• Ability to various work shifts as business needs require.
• Proficiency in MS Office

Preferred Requirements

• General:
  • Strong verbal & written communication, organization, and leadership skills
  • Ability to work in a collaborative team
  • Hardware and Software debugging and troubleshooting skills
• Familiarity with Electrical Hardware:
  • Basic test equipment such as oscilloscopes, Digital Multi‑Meters (DMMs) and function generators
  • Understanding of mathematics, physics, materials and chemistry as they relate to electrical circuits
• Familiarity with Spacecraft Architecture:
  • Familiarity with satellite design and testing obtained through educational training and/or on‑the‑job experience in a related field.
  • Familiarity with satellite command and telemetry.

In support of pay transparency at Lanteris Space Systems, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate’s starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job‑related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range.

• The base pay for this position within California is: $104,000.00 - $173,000.00 annually.

For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market‑driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health and welfare insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees. More information on our benefits will be shared with candidates as they move forward in the recruitment process.

• paid time off
• health and welfare insurance
• 401(k)

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.

The date of posting can be found on the Lanteris Space Systems Career page at the top of each job posting.

Lanteris Space Systems values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.