Space AI Applications Engineer — Forward Deployment

Intuitive Machines, LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Intuitive Machines is seeking a Forward Deployment Application Engineer in Houston, TX, to design, deploy, and hand off AI applications that streamline spacecraft engineering and operations. You will collaborate with engineers and business users to translate prioritized problems into software solutions delivered in six-week sprints.

You will own application delivery from discovery to deployment, ensuring measurable improvements in cycle time, quality, and program execution.

Qualifications

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Responsibilities

• Embed with users to observe work, map handoffs, and define MVP.
• Build interfaces, backend services, APIs, and workflow automation.
• Integrate enterprise systems via reusable connectors and data transformations.
• Implement retrieval-augmented generation with grounding and citations.
• Create evaluation cases and regression tests; measure outcomes.
• Deploy via GitLab CI/CD with monitoring and sustainment docs.

Skills

LLM applications

APIs integration

Data engineering

DevSecOps practices

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

GitLab

CI/CD

Containers

Cloud deployment

APIs

Job description

Intuitive Machines is seeking a Forward Deployment Application Engineer in Houston, TX, to design, deploy, and hand off AI applications that streamline spacecraft engineering and operations. You will collaborate with engineers and business users to translate prioritized problems into software solutions delivered in six-week sprints.

You will own application delivery from discovery to deployment, ensuring measurable improvements in cycle time, quality, and program execution.