Payload Interface Engineer, Special Programs

SpaceX; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) plan

Health insurance

Vision & Dental

Paid parental leave

Vacation & holidays

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Mission Integration Engineer for Special Programs to own the integration of customer payloads onto the SpaceX payload platform from requirements definition through integrated test, flight, and on-orbit operations.

You will collaborate with vehicle engineering, structures, avionics, thermal, software, flight reliability and operations to close the payload-to-platform interface, verify environments, allocate requirements, and drive non-compliances to a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or STEM discipline.
• Ability to obtain Top Secret SCI clearance.
• Experience applying systems engineering methods (requirements, interfaces, verification, or integration and test).
• Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own the payload-to-platform ICD: define, baseline, and configuration-control interfaces.
• Allocate requirements to the interface; maintain traceability through analysis, test, and inspection.
• Evaluate payload design against platform constraints and environments for launch, on-orbit, and re-entry.
• Lead interface trades and document the technical basis.
• Disposition interface non-compliances with engineering: waiver, redesign, or operational constraint.
• Define and support integrated test: interface checkout, environmental test, and mission timeline.
• Build and maintain the integrated mission CONOPs with payload, vehicle, and operations teams.
• Identify technical risk at the payload–platform boundary and drive mitigations to closure.
• Support design reviews, test readiness, and flight readiness with evidence of interface compliance.

Skills

Systems engineering

Requirements definition

Interface control

Test planning

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or STEM

Job description

SpaceX in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Mission Integration Engineer for Special Programs to own the integration of customer payloads onto the SpaceX payload platform from requirements definition through integrated test, flight, and on-orbit operations.

You will collaborate with vehicle engineering, structures, avionics, thermal, software, flight reliability and operations to close the payload-to-platform interface, verify environments, allocate requirements, and drive non-compliances to a