About The Position
As a member of SpaceX’s Mission Management team, the Sr. Mission Integration Engineer helps address technical problems from initial requirements verification through rapid prototyping, integrated testing, and operational deployment. The role works with Mission Integration Engineers, Mission Managers, and teams across SpaceX—including software, information technology, and payload integration—to align work and support safe, successful mission completion. It contributes to program performance and execution within the special programs portfolio, focusing on mission-specific systems that drive, manage, and provide user insight into programs. Based on customer requirements and SpaceX system capabilities, the engineer develops system specifications, interface control documentation, and infrastructure plans. The work spans space-system command and control, operational planning, data processing, compute and networking infrastructure, integrated mission planning, payload integration, and secure implementation and execution. The position also serves as a customer-facing technical lead across program development, testing, flight, and on-orbit commissioning, and leads in-person integration work with customers and external stakeholders.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or science discipline.
- At least 5 years of software engineering or electrical engineering experience, working hands-on with hardware or software technical projects.
- At least 3 years of technical project management experience.
- Professional experience working with spacecraft and broad understanding of spacecraft command and control systems and ground-segment architectures.
- Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with U.S. government processes and software systems.
- Experience coordinating hardware or infrastructure deployments, including in classified or government-controlled environments.
- Familiarity with networking fundamentals, such as IP networking and switching/routing concepts.
- Ability to work under pressure and deliver reliable, expeditious results across multiple parallel priorities.
- Strong attention to detail, work ethic, professionalism, and written and verbal technical communication skills.
- Spacecraft mission design, development, integration, and/or test experience.
- Interest in innovation in process improvement and system design.
- Ability to balance conflicting opinions and manage expectations among multiple teams and customers.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the customer interface at meetings, tests, and reviews to develop operations plans, design missions, and participate in real-world operations.
- Ensure contract deliverables are completed on time and translate customer requirements into actionable development objectives.
- Work with internal and external stakeholders to drive development.
- Collaborate with subsystem representatives across team boundaries to consider necessary tradeoffs and support end-to-end mission success.
- Own program phases from development and initial proposal through successful testing, flight, and on-orbit commissioning, including educating customers about SpaceX designs and methodologies.
- Own ground-segment interface and architecture design, including compute infrastructure, network architecture, and software systems.
- Lead in-person integration efforts (forward-deployed engineering) with external stakeholders and customers.
- Develop system specifications, interface control documentation, and infrastructure plans based on customer requirements and SpaceX system capabilities.
- Contribute to the performance and execution of programs within the special programs portfolio, focusing on mission-specific systems.
Benefits
- Potential eligibility for long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards.
- Potential discretionary bonuses.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan with the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount.
- Comprehensive medical coverage.
- Vision coverage.
- Dental coverage.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Life insurance.
- Paid parental leave.
- Various other discounts and perks.
- Accrual of 3 weeks of paid vacation.
- Eligibility for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
- Paid sick leave pursuant to company policy.
- 10% differential for employees with an active clearance who are officially briefed into a classified program, up to an additional $20,000 annually.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
