Mission Integration Engineer, Ground Systems (Top Secret)

SpaceX; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options / long-term incentives

401(k) retirement plan

Medical, vision, and dental coverage

Paid vacation (3 weeks)

10+ paid holidays per year

Parental leave

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Mission Integration Engineer for Mission and Ground Systems requiring Top Secret clearance. You will lead interface design, mission planning, and cross-discipline collaboration to ensure end-to-end mission success.

Responsibilities include customer interface, requirement translation, ground segment design, and deployment coordination across teams and external stakeholders, with a focus on secure, reliable, and scalable spaceflight operations.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of software engineering or electrical engineering, hands-on with hardware or software projects.
• Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the customer interface at meetings, tests, and reviews to develop operations plans and design missions.
• Ensure contract deliverables are completed on-time and distill requirements into objectives.
• Collaborate with internal/external stakeholders to drive development and end-to-end mission success.
• Own ground segment interface and architecture design, including compute and network infrastructure.

Skills

Software engineering

Electrical engineering

Top Secret/SCI clearance

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Mission Integration Engineer for Mission and Ground Systems requiring Top Secret clearance. You will lead interface design, mission planning, and cross-discipline collaboration to ensure end-to-end mission success.

Responsibilities include customer interface, requirement translation, ground segment design, and deployment coordination across teams and external stakeholders, with a focus on secure, reliable, and scalable spaceflight operations.