Avionics Integration & Test Engineer

SpaceX

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Work type
On-site
Location
Hawthorne, CA
Salary
$105,000–$122,500 / yr
Posted
85 days ago
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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.

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TL;DR · Avionics Integration & Test Engineer

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.

What you'll do

  • Manage flight hardware through highly accelerated thermal screening procedures and serve as the primary contact for issues.
  • Evaluate non-conforming electrical hardware to determine root cause failure modes and propose design improvements.
  • Troubleshoot and modify test software codebases to adjust bounds, implement fixes, and incorporate updates.
  • Write Python automation software to interact with flight hardware, test equipment, and production documentation.
  • Perform acceptance and qualification tests on satellite electrical systems.
  • Drive continuous improvement efforts to increase testing throughput and reduce costs.
  • Provide go/no-go judgment and rationale based on written test plans and procedures.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or physics.
  • 1+ years of design and/or hands-on manufacturing experience.
  • Ability and willingness to obtain a Top Secret clearance (preferred).
  • Master's degree in an engineering discipline (preferred).
  • Experience with MATLAB, Python, or other programming languages (preferred).
  • Experience with integration and testing of avionics, propulsion, thermal, and/or structural systems (preferred).
  • Documentation, configuration management, and production environment experience (preferred).
  • Must be a U.S. citizen, national, permanent resident, or eligible for required export control authorizations.

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