Integration & Test Engineer (Starlink)

SpaceX • Redmond, WA

7h • $95,000 - $130,000

About The Position

Integration and Test engineers are responsible for understanding every system on the satellite. Engineers on this team must have a working knowledge of design, schematics, operations, manufacturing, testing, and flight. A successful Integration and Test Engineer demonstrates engineering intuition and critical thinking and is comfortable working under ambiguous requirements with minimal oversight. Combining these skills, these engineers face challenges across a wide variety of work centers at the company, and the team is frequently asked to tackle new, inter-departmental development projects. The ultimate goal of the Integration and Test team is to ensure that satellites achieve their mission.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 1+ years of professional mechanical/electromechanical design, analysis, testing, and/or manufacturing (internships/co-ops and club projects can apply)

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in an engineering discipline
• Experience with integration and testing of propulsion, thermal, electrical, and/or structural systems
• Experience working with composites and integration of avionics systems
• Documentation and configuration management experience
• Experience writing test plans, and procedures and providing go/no-go judgment and rationale
• Experience in a production environment
• Demonstrated engineering intuition, critical thinking, and comfort with ambiguity

Responsibilities

• Manage integration build flow and test operations
• Evaluate proposed designs for manufacturability and integration
• Interface with both engineers and technicians to optimize manufacturing and automation
• Develop and refine manufacturing assembly procedures based on lessons learned
• Enable day-to-day execution of the vehicle integration and test flow
• Evaluate non-conformances to determine root cause and create actionable items and system improvements

Benefits

• You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks.
• You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• Exempt employees are eligible for 5 days of sick leave per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level