Senior Avionics Test & Integration Lead

SpaceX; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options and long-term incentives

Medical, vision, and dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Lead Avionics Integration & Test Engineer for Starshield Production in Hawthorne, CA. You will lead a team designing, developing, and validating hardware test systems for satellites and flight hardware, driving continuous improvements and rapid iteration.

You will guide project execution, develop software in Python, collaborate with design and manufacturing teams, and ensure robust test solutions with potential ITAR considerations and security clearances.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, physics or another engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of professional testing or hardware development experience.
• 1+ years of leadership experience leading teams, projects or people.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong technical leadership with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Manage projects and delegate responsibilities to complete work on time.
• Determine team goals to effectively implement testing solutions.
• Develop and enforce processes to standardize test system deliverable expectations.
• Develop highly reliable autonomous test systems.
• Own all aspects of test development, including requirements evaluation, system development, subsystem testing, and factory integration.
• Collaborate with teams, lead projects, and continuously drive improvement in hardware testing.
• Create modular, reusable software in Python to automate manufacturing processes and tests.
• Collaborate directly with the design and manufacturing engineers to validate flight hardware.
• Actively maintain tests that support rapid design iteration of flight hardware and software.
• Develop test infrastructure that enables scaling to large numbers of devices under test.

Skills

Leadership

Testing

Electrical knowledge

Python scripting

Communication skills

Electrical systems

Computer networks

Problem solving

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, physics or engineering

Master's degree in engineering or related discipline

Tools

Python

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Lead Avionics Integration & Test Engineer for Starshield Production in Hawthorne, CA. You will lead a team designing, developing, and validating hardware test systems for satellites and flight hardware, driving continuous improvements and rapid iteration.

You will guide project execution, develop software in Python, collaborate with design and manufacturing teams, and ensure robust test solutions with potential ITAR considerations and security clearances.