System Integration And Test Engineer

InnoForge; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

InnoForge, an early-stage space technology company in Los Angeles, is seeking a Senior Spacecraft Integration & Test Engineer. This hands-on role leads hardware assembly, integration, verification, and qualification across mechanical, electrical, avionics, and software systems to ensure flight readiness.

You will develop integration plans and test procedures, perform environmental tests like TVAC and vibration, review drawings, and maintain traceability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• 5+ years in aerospace engineering with complex hardware.
• Experience with spacecraft, satellite, launch vehicle, or flight hardware integration.
• Hands-on hardware assembly, integration, testing, manufacturing, or production.
• Experience developing and executing integration plans or test procedures.

Responsibilities

• Lead assembly, integration, and test activities for spacecraft, payloads, mechanisms, avionics, and associated hardware.
• Develop integration plans, assembly procedures, work instructions, and detailed test documentation.
• Plan and execute mechanical and electrical integration activities, ensuring subsystem compatibility.
• Develop and execute functional, qualification, acceptance, and environmental test procedures.
• Support environmental testing, including TVAC, vibration, shock, and EMI/EMC.
• Work directly with flight hardware, test equipment, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems.
• Identify and resolve mechanical, electrical, and system-level integration issues.
• Lead or support failure investigations, root-cause analysis, nonconformance resolution, and corrective actions.
• Review engineering drawings, CAD models, electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and interface documentation.

Skills

Aerospace integration

Test engineering

Root cause analysis

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Electrical schematics

Test equipment

Data acquisition systems

Job description

Work Arrangement: On-site

Employment Type: Full-time

About the Opportunity

We're working with an early-stage space technology company developing advanced spacecraft systems and complex flight hardware for demanding space applications.

The business is expanding its engineering and manufacturing capabilities and is looking to appoint a Senior Spacecraft Integration & Test Engineer to take ownership of hardware assembly, integration, verification, and qualification activities.

This is a hands‑on engineering position, working directly with mechanical, electrical, avionics, and software systems to ensure hardware is successfully integrated, tested, and prepared for flight.

The opportunity would suit an experienced AIT Engineer who enjoys solving practical engineering problems, working closely with hardware, and taking responsibility for delivering reliable systems.

The Role

You’ll be responsible for leading integration and test activities across complex aerospace hardware, supporting the full process from engineering release through assembly, qualification, and final verification.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Leading assembly, integration, and test activities for spacecraft, payloads, mechanisms, avionics, and associated aerospace hardware.
• Developing integration plans, assembly procedures, work instructions, and detailed test documentation.
• Planning and executing mechanical and electrical integration activities, ensuring compatibility between different subsystems.
• Developing and executing functional, qualification, acceptance, and environmental test procedures.
• Supporting environmental testing, including thermal vacuum (TVAC), vibration, shock, and EMI/EMC.
• Working directly with flight hardware, test equipment, instrumentation, and data acquisition systems.
• Identifying and resolving mechanical, electrical, and system‑level integration issues.
• Leading or supporting failure investigations, root‑cause analysis, nonconformance resolution, and corrective actions.
• Reviewing engineering drawings, CAD models, electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and interface documentation.
• Maintaining accurate integration records, hardware traceability, configuration control, and test results.
• Developing test fixtures, ground support equipment, and improvements to existing integration processes.
• Collaborating with design engineering, manufacturing, quality, and test teams to improve hardware reliability and readiness.

You’ll have significant responsibility for integration and test activities while remaining directly involved in the practical engineering work.

What We’re Looking For

• A bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering.
• At least 5 years of relevant aerospace engineering experience involving complex hardware.
• Spacecraft, satellite, launch vehicle, or other flight hardware integration.
• Significant hands‑on experience in hardware assembly, integration, testing, manufacturing, or production.
• Experience developing and executing integration plans, assembly procedures, or test procedures.