Integration & Test Engineer (Bus & Payload Sub-Assemblies)

SpaceX • Redmond, WA

6h • $100,000 - $135,000 • Onsite

About The Position

As an Integration and Test Engineer, you will lead the development of manufacturing and test processes of sub-assemblies (sensors, instruments, actuators, batteries, and antennas) used to navigate and operate the Starlink satellite. You will have the opportunity to utilize your knowledge, experience, and creativity to develop novel solutions to ensure the delivery of flight-worthy hardware. You will own the relationship between production, design engineering, and supply chain teams and you will provide input into the design and development of new and existing hardware.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 1+ years of professional mechanical/electromechanical design, analysis, testing, and/or manufacturing (internships/co-ops and club projects can apply)

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in an engineering discipline
• Experience with integration and testing of propulsion, thermal, electrical, and/or structural systems
• Experience working with composites and integration of avionics systems
• Documentation and configuration management experience
• Experience writing test plans, and procedures and providing go/no-go judgment and rationale
• Experience in a manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated engineering intuition, critical thinking, and comfort with ambiguity

Responsibilities

• Define and manage assembly flow and test operations of satellite sub-assembly production area
• Enable day-to-day execution of the production area by eliminating blockers, slow-downs, and waste
• Develop and refine manufacturing assembly procedures based on lessons learned and feedback
• Evaluate non-conformances to determine root cause and drive corrective actions to implementation
• Scrutinize current and proposed designs for manufacturability, reliability, and repeatability
• Interface with technicians, specialists, and engineers of multiple disciplines to optimize manufacturing and reliability

Benefits

• Company stock
• Stock options
• Long-term cash awards
• Discretionary bonuses
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Medical coverage
• Vision coverage
• Dental coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Various other discounts and perks
• 3 weeks of paid vacation
• 10 or more paid holidays per year
• Paid sick time (in compliance with state and federal law for Washington State employees)
• Company shuttles (for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level