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Lead Avionics Integration & Test Engineer (Starshield Production)

Starshield 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, with an initial focus on earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads.

You will lead a portion of the team responsible for designing, developing, troubleshooting, and maintaining the hardware test systems used to develop, produce and qualify satellites. As the lead, you will cultivate your direct reports to develop electrical, RF, and software solutions that quickly and thoroughly validate each component of satellite hardware. You will thrive in this multidisciplinary environment with ever-changing needs as we strive to make a significant contribution to national capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong technical leadership with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Manage projects and delegate responsibilities effectively to complete work on time.
• Determine team goals to effectively implement testing solutions.
• Develop and enforce processes to standardize test system deliverable expectations.
• Develop highly reliable autonomous test systems.
• Own all aspects of test development, including requirements evaluation, system development, subsystem testing, and factory integration.
• Collaborate with teams, lead projects, and continuously drive improvement in hardware testing.
• Create modular, reusable software in Python to automate manufacturing processes and tests.
• Collaborate directly with the design and manufacturing engineers to validate flight hardware.
• Actively maintain tests that support rapid design iteration of flight hardware and software.
• Develop test infrastructure that enables scaling to large numbers of devices under test.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, physics or another engineering discipline.
• 2 or more years of professional experience in testing or hardware development.
• 1 or more years of leadership experience leading teams, projects or people.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• 5 or more years of professional design and/or hands-on manufacturing experience.
• 3 or more years of prior leadership experience leading teams, projects or people.
• Master's degree in engineering or related discipline.
• Experience leading a team of diverse individuals.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills both written and verbal.
• Thorough knowledge of electrical systems.
• Thorough knowledge of computer architecture and networks.
• Creative approach to problem solving, exceptional analytical skills and engineering fundamentals.
• Experience developing, debugging, and deploying electrical test systems that have been used in real-world applications or projects.
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment with changing needs and requirements.

Additional Requirements

• Must be available to work extended hours as needed to support mission-critical objectives.
• An active clearance may provide the opportunity for you to work on sensitive SpaceX missions; if so, you will be subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing.

Compensation and Benefits

Pay Range: $140,000 to $230,000 annually.

Base salary is determined on a case-by-case basis based on job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Benefits include long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, potential discretionary bonuses, employee stock purchase plan, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, 3 weeks of paid vacation, and 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy. Those with an active clearance will receive a 10% differential, up to an additional $20,000 annually, once officially briefed into a classified program.

ITAR Requirements

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.