Mechanical Integration & Test Engineer (Starshield) Verified today
Mechanical Integration & Test Engineer (Starshield)
Integration and Test engineers are responsible for understanding every system on the satellite and across our user products. You must have working knowledge of design, schematics, operations, manufacturing, testing, and flight. Success requires engineering intuition, critical thinking, and comfort working under ambiguous requirements with minimal oversight.
Responsibilities
- Manage integration build flow and test operations
- Evaluate proposed designs for manufacturability and integration
- Interface with engineers and technicians to optimize manufacturing and automation
- Develop and refine manufacturing assembly procedures based on lessons learned
- Enable day-to-day execution of vehicle integration and test flow
- Evaluate non-conformances to determine root cause and create actionable system improvements
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
- 1+ years of design and/or hands-on manufacturing experience (internships, collegiate engineering projects such as Formula SAE or Baja SAE, or professional industry experience)
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Ability and willingness to obtain Top Secret clearance
- Master's degree in an engineering discipline
- Experience with MATLAB, Python, or other programming language
- Experience with integration and testing of propulsion, thermal, electrical and/or structural systems
- Experience integrating avionics systems
- Documentation and configuration management experience
- Experience writing test plans, procedures, and providing go/no-go judgment and rationale
- Experience in a production environment
- Demonstrated engineering intuition, critical thinking, and comfort with ambiguity
Work Requirements
- Some travel to other SpaceX sites may be required, up to 10%
- Must be willing to work extended hours and/or weekends to meet mission-critical deadlines
- Role is very hands-on; requires standing for extended periods up to 4 hours at a time
- Will work side by side with technicians and must be able to climb ladders, stoop, bend, crawl, and work in tight spaces
- An active clearance may provide opportunity to work on sensitive SpaceX missions; if so, you will be subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing
Compensation
- Level 1: $110,000 to $130,000 annually
- Level 2: $125,000 to $160,000 annually
- Actual level and base salary determined case-by-case based on job-related knowledge, skills, education, and experience
- Those with active clearance receive 10% differential, up to an additional $20,000 annually, once officially briefed into a classified program
Base salary is one part of total rewards. You may be eligible for long-term incentives in company stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and 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, and various other discounts and perks included. You accrue 3 weeks paid vacation and are eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Paid sick leave accrual meets or exceeds legal requirements.
ITAR Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. Section 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. Section 1158, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.