Lead Avionics Test Engineer (Starshield) Verified today
About Starshield
Starshield is a satellite development program focused on earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads that enable innovation in national security efforts.
The Role
Lead the Starshield Components Test Team developing test solutions for cutting-edge, high-volume communication satellites and ground stations. You will drive complex electrical test problems to resolution, cultivating your direct reports to develop electrical, mechanical, optical, RF, and software solutions that validate each hardware component will survive deployment and function in orbit or on earth.
Your 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
- Create modular, reusable software in Python to automate manufacturing processes and tests
- Collaborate directly with 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 other engineering discipline
- 2+ years of professional design and/or hands-on manufacturing experience with aerospace vehicles/payloads, automotive, aircraft, or marine assemblies
- 1+ years of prior leadership experience leading teams, projects or people
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Experience leading a team of diverse individuals
- Excellent communication 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
- Developed, debugged and deployed electrical test systems that have been used in real world applications/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
- 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
- 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
Compensation
Pay Range: $140,000 - $230,000 annually
Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.
Those with an active clearance will receive a 10% differential, up to an additional $20,000 annually, once officially briefed into a classified program.
Base salary is one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, potential discretionary bonuses, and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will receive comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, 3 weeks of paid vacation, 10 or more paid holidays per year, and paid sick leave.