Mission Integration Engineer

SpaceX

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Work type
On-site
Location
Hawthorne, CA
Salary
$100,000–$130,000 / yr
Posted
50 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Below market

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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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TL;DR · Mission Integration Engineer

The Mission Integration Engineer (Security Products) joins the Mission Management team to own the execution of security-related certification, customer interface, and technical integration work. This role involves managing compliance and certification tasks with U.S. government entities, producing accreditation deliverables, and collaborating with technical departments to prepare design and test data packages. The engineer will identify schedule issues, develop technical rationales, and lead program milestone reviews while serving as a primary security liaison for mission stakeholders. Key requirements include a Bachelor’s degree in engineering or computer science, plus experience in technical program management or systems engineering. The role focuses on high-assurance systems within the Starshield program, which utilizes Starlink technology for government earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads, requiring an active Top Secret clearance and expertise in security-critical systems.

What you'll do

  • Own the planning and execution of compliance and certification tasks with U.S. government entities.
  • Produce accreditation and authorization deliverables that comply with applicable regulations on tight timelines.
  • Prepare design, analysis, and test data packages and briefings for government representatives.
  • Identify technical and schedule issues and develop handling plans to drive them to closure.
  • Coordinate certification requirements with technical teams to ensure work aligns with customer expectations.
  • Act as the primary customer interface and security liaison to develop and refine security requirements.
  • Distill customer requirements into actionable development objectives for all phases of the program.
  • Organize and lead program milestone reviews and technical interchange meetings.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or computer science.
  • 2+ years of experience in technical program management, systems engineering, or mission integration engineering.
  • Active Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance, or the ability to obtain one.
  • U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee eligible for Department of State authorization.
  • Experience developing high-assurance systems (preferred).
  • Experience interfacing with U.S. government customers on technical certification, accreditation, or high-scrutiny reviews (preferred).
  • Experience presenting to and negotiating with external customers, preferably U.S. Government (preferred).
  • Prior work on space, defense, or other security- or safety-critical systems (preferred).

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