Mission Integration Engineer
SpaceX
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This role pays less than 92% of similar roles. Most pay $145,000–$214,000 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $115k versus about $180k for comparable roles.
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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.
SpaceX currently has 846 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $125,000–$165,000 across 580 roles with salary data.
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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.
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