Mission Integration Engineer: Starshield Ground Systems

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

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Mission Integration Engineer for the Mission and Ground Systems (Starshield) program. You will join the Mission Management team to tackle new technical problems from requirements verification through prototyping, testing, and deployment.

You will collaborate with software, flight reliability, and payload teams to ensure mission success and deliverables. Expect to own ground segment design, compute and network infra, and system interfaces for satellite programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or science discipline.
• 1+ years of software engineering or electrical engineering, working hands-on with hardware or software projects.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the customer interface at meetings, tests, and reviews to develop operations plans, design missions, and participate in real world operations.
• Ensure contract deliverables are completed on-time and distill customer requirements into actionable development objectives.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to drive development and collaborate across teams to ensure end-to-end mission success.
• Support all phases of the program from development through flight and on-orbit commissioning, educating the customer on designs and methodologies.
• Own ground segment architecture design, including compute infrastructure, network architecture, and software systems.
• Support in-person site surveys and selection for ground stations and datacenters.

Skills

USG intelligence

LLM integration

Hardware deployments

Networking basics

Work under pressure

Attention to detail

Spacecraft missions

Process innovation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Mission Integration Engineer for the Mission and Ground Systems (Starshield) program. You will join the Mission Management team to tackle new technical problems from requirements verification through prototyping, testing, and deployment.

You will collaborate with software, flight reliability, and payload teams to ensure mission success and deliverables. Expect to own ground segment design, compute and network infra, and system interfaces for satellite programs.