Mission Integration Engineer (Starshield)

$110,000 - $130,000/Yr

SpaceX - Hawthorne, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Hawthorne, CA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Mission Integration Engineer (Starshield) at SpaceX plays a crucial role in supporting national security efforts by leveraging Starlink technology for government use. This position involves serving as a primary contact for customers throughout the mission lifecycle, from initial studies to successful launch and on-orbit activation, ensuring alignment across various teams and disciplines within SpaceX.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the customer interface at meetings, tests, and reviews to develop operations plans, design missions, and verify payload flightworthiness.
• Ensure contract deliverables are completed on-time and per customer expectations, distill customer requirements into actionable development objectives.
• Work with all internal and external stakeholders to drive prototype development.
• Collaborate with subsystem representatives across team boundaries to consider all necessary trades and ensure end-to-end mission success.
• Support all phases of the program from development, initial proposal, through successful test, flight, and on-orbit commissioning.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
• 2+ years of experience working in the aerospace or space industry.
• 2+ years of technical project management and/or systems engineering experience.
• Experience working with launch vehicles, spacecraft, or other aerospace systems.

Nice-to-haves

• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and deliver reliable and expeditious results across multiple parallel priorities.
• Highly detail oriented, hardworking, and professional with excellent written and verbal technical communication skills.
• Spacecraft mission design, development, integration, and/or test experience.
• Strong penchant for innovation in process improvement and system design.
• Positive, 'can-do' attitude, self-starter, and ability to work in a high pace dynamic environment.
• Strong analytical, verbal, and written skills.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Short & long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Various discounts and perks.
• 3 weeks of paid vacation.
• 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• 5 days of sick leave per year.