Integration & Test Engineer, AI Satellites
SpaceX
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This role pays less than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $142,500–$194,925 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $114k versus about $169k for comparable roles.
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SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.
SpaceX currently has 654 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $130,000–$165,000 across 468 roles with salary data.
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As an Avionics Integration & Test Engineer (Starshield), you will join the Integration and Test team to ensure satellite electrical systems function correctly after deployment into space. You will manage flight hardware through highly accelerated thermal screening procedures, serve as the primary contact for related issues, and investigate failed electrical hardware to determine root cause failure modes via telemetry and physical investigation. Your daily work involves troubleshooting test software, modifying codebases to adjust test bounds, and writing automation software in Python to interact with flight hardware and instrumentation. You will collaborate with mechanical, electrical, quality, and production teams to solve complex testing challenges while driving continuous improvement to increase throughput. The role requires expertise in avionics, propulsion, thermal, or structural systems, alongside skills in MATLAB, configuration management, and developing test plans for the Starshield satellite program.
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