Integration & Test Engineer, AI Satellites

SpaceX

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Bastrop, TX
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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 · Integration & Test Engineer, AI Satellites

As an Integration & Test Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind), you will join the Starmind team to develop an orbital compute fabric for high-performance AI inference. You will have ownership over the manufacturing line for hardware enabling on-orbit data center workloads, specifically focusing on the assembly, integration, and testing of compute electronics, memory, and networking. Your daily responsibilities include managing physical test infrastructure, designing tooling, evaluating designs for manufacturability, and performing root cause analysis on non-conformances. You will utilize skills in mechanical design, documentation, and configuration management to support vehicle integration. Preferred technical proficiencies include MATLAB, Python, and CAD tools like NX, CATIA, or SolidWorks. This role addresses the challenge of building reliable electrical compute hardware, solar power systems, and thermal radiators for extreme space environments.

What you'll do

  • Manage the physical infrastructure for test integration and operations.
  • Design mechanical infrastructure and tooling for test integration and operations.
  • Evaluate proposed designs for manufacturability and integration.
  • Integrate new vehicles into new and existing infrastructure.
  • Execute day-to-day vehicle integration and test flows to serve customers.
  • Determine root causes for non-conformances and create actionable system improvements.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
  • 1+ years of design and/or hands-on manufacturing experience.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for required Department of State authorizations.
  • Master's degree in an engineering discipline (preferred).
  • Experience with MATLAB, Python, or another programming language (preferred).
  • Experience with integration and testing of propulsion, thermal, electrical, and/or structural systems (preferred).
  • Proficiency in NX, CATIA, SolidWorks, or other industry standard CAD design tools (preferred).
  • Experience writing test plans, procedures, and providing go/no-go judgment and rationale (preferred).

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