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About SpaceX
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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Listed pay typically runs
$130,000–$165,000
across 590 roles with salary data.
The Mission Integration Engineer, Mission and Ground Systems (Starshield) joins the Mission Management team to support national security efforts involving earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads. This role involves tackling technical problems from initial requirements verification through rapid prototyping, integrated test, and operational deployment. You will develop system specifications, interface control documentation, and infrastructure plans while owning ground segment architecture design, including compute infrastructure, network architecture, and software systems. Key responsibilities include serving as a customer interface, distilling requirements into actionable objectives, and coordinating hardware deployments in government-controlled environments. Required skills include a bachelor's degree in engineering or science, software or electrical engineering experience, and networking fundamentals. The role specifically addresses the technical challenges of satellite command and control, data processing, and secure implementation of mission-specific systems.
Space System Command and Control
Network Architecture
IP Networking
Switching
Routing
Electrical Engineering
Payload Integration
Compute Infrastructure
Data Processing
System Design
Interface Control Documentation
Infrastructure Deployment
Mission Planning