Senior Mission Integration Engineer, Ground Systems

Starlink; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Purchase Plan

401(k) plan

Comprehensive medical, vision, and牙den

Paid parental leave

3 weeks paid vacation + 10+ holidays

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Senior Mission Integration Engineer, Mission and Ground Systems, with Top Secret clearance, to join our Mission Management team. You will tackle technical problems from requirements verification to rapid prototyping, integrated test, and deployment, coordinating with software, IT, and payload teams to ensure mission success.

You will own all program phases, lead ground segment architecture design, and drive external collaborations to deliver end-to-end mission outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or science discipline.
• 5+ years of software engineering or electrical engineering, hands-on with hardware or software projects.
• 3+ years of technical project management experience.
• Professional experience with spacecraft, and understanding of spacecraft command and control systems and ground segment architectures.
• 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, 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; collaborate with subsystem representatives to ensure end-to-end mission success.
• Own all phases of the program from development, initial proposal, through successful test, flight, and on-orbit commissioning.
• Own ground segment interface and architecture design, including compute infrastructure, network architecture, and software systems.
• Lead in-person integration efforts with external stakeholders and customers.

Skills

Software engineering

Electrical engineering

Technical project management

Spacecraft command and control

Ground segment architectures

Clearance coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Senior Mission Integration Engineer, Mission and Ground Systems, with Top Secret clearance, to join our Mission Management team. You will tackle technical problems from requirements verification to rapid prototyping, integrated test, and deployment, coordinating with software, IT, and payload teams to ensure mission success.

You will own all program phases, lead ground segment architecture design, and drive external collaborations to deliver end-to-end mission outcomes.