Senior Avionics Test & Integration Lead for Satellites

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

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) plan

Medical, vision, and dental coverage

Job summary

SpaceX seeks an experienced Lead Avionics Integration & Test Engineer for Starshield Production in Hawthorne. You will lead cross-disciplinary teams to design, develop, and validate hardware test systems for satellites, pushing rapid design iteration while ensuring reliability and scalability.

Responsibilities include standardized testing processes, autonomous test systems, and collaboration with design and manufacturing teams to validate flight hardware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, physics or another engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of professional experience in testing or hardware development.
• 1+ years of leadership experience leading teams, projects or people.
• 5+ years of professional design and/or hands-on manufacturing experience.
• 3+ years of prior leadership experience leading teams, projects or people.
• Master's degree in engineering or related discipline.
• Experience leading a team of diverse individuals.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills both written and verbal.
• Thorough knowledge of electrical systems.
• Thorough knowledge of computer architecture and networks.
• Creative approach to problem solving, exceptional analytical skills and engineering fundamentals.
• Experience developing, debugging, and deploying electrical test systems that have been used in real-world applications/projects.
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong technical leadership with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Manage projects and delegate responsibilities effectively 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

Python

Electrical systems

Computer architecture

Analytical skills

Communication

Problem solving

Team management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

SpaceX seeks an experienced Lead Avionics Integration & Test Engineer for Starshield Production in Hawthorne. You will lead cross-disciplinary teams to design, develop, and validate hardware test systems for satellites, pushing rapid design iteration while ensuring reliability and scalability.

Responsibilities include standardized testing processes, autonomous test systems, and collaboration with design and manufacturing teams to validate flight hardware.