SpaceX-posted 9 months ago
$125,000 - $175,000/Yr
Full-time • Senior
Hawthorne, CA
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future with humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one without. Today, SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars. The Sr. Mission Integration Engineer (Starshield) position leverages SpaceX's Starlink technology and launch capability to support national security efforts. While Starlink is designed for consumer and commercial use, Starshield is designed for government use, focusing on earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads. As a member of the Mission Management team, you will serve as a core point of contact for customers from early capabilities studies through successful launch and on-orbit activation. You'll support new business proposals from initial requirements verification through mission design, prototype development, and test. You will work within a team of other Mission Integration Engineers and Mission Managers to ensure total alignment of your work, collaborating closely with various disciplines across SpaceX to ensure safe and successful mission completion.

  • 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.
  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
  • 5+ years of experience working in the aerospace or space industry.
  • 5+ years of technical project management and/or systems engineering experience.
  • Experience working with launch vehicles, spacecraft, or other aerospace systems.
  • 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.
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
  • Short & long-term disability insurance.
  • Life insurance.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Various other discounts and perks.
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation.
  • Eligibility for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
  • 5 days of sick leave per year.
© 2024 Teal Labs, Inc
Privacy PolicyTerms of Service