Lead Avionics Integration & Test Engineer

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Hawthorne, CA
Salary: $165,000–$230,000 / yr
Posted: 39 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 · Lead Avionics Integration & Test Engineer

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The Lead Avionics Integration & Test Engineer (Starshield) leads a team responsible for designing, developing, troubleshooting, and maintaining hardware test systems used to develop, produce, and qualify satellites. This role involves providing technical leadership to cultivate direct reports in developing electrical, RF, and software solutions to validate satellite hardware components. Key responsibilities include owning all aspects of test development, including requirements evaluation, subsystem testing, and factory integration. The engineer will create modular, reusable software in Python to automate manufacturing processes and tests while developing highly reliable autonomous test systems. The position requires a thorough knowledge of electrical systems, computer architecture, and networks. This work supports the Starshield product area, which focuses on government use cases including earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads.

Skills

Python Electrical Engineering RF Hardware Testing Computer Architecture Networks Avionics System Development Factory Integration Hardware Development Electrical Systems Debugging Test Infrastructure

What you'll do

Lead the design, development, and maintenance of hardware test systems for satellite production.
Manage projects and delegate responsibilities to ensure timely completion of testing solutions.
Develop and enforce standardized processes for test system deliverables and expectations.
Create modular, reusable Python software to automate manufacturing processes and tests.
Own all aspects of test development including requirements evaluation, subsystem testing, and factory integration.
Develop test infrastructure capable of scaling to a large number of devices under test.
Collaborate with design and manufacturing engineers to validate flight hardware.
Maintain tests that support rapid design iteration of flight hardware and software.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, physics, or another engineering discipline.
2+ years of professional experience in testing or hardware development.
1+ years of leadership experience leading teams, projects, or people.
Master's degree in engineering or related discipline (preferred).
5+ years of professional design and/or hands-on manufacturing experience (preferred).
3+ years of prior leadership experience leading teams, projects, or people (preferred).
Thorough knowledge of electrical systems, computer architecture, and networks (preferred).
U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for Department of State authorization.

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