Sr. Mission Integration Engineer, Mission and Ground Systems - Top Secret Clearance

Hawthorne, CAfull time

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$135k–$215k

H1B: no

SpaceX The Sr. Mission Integration Engineer at SpaceX leads mission-specific system development and integration from requirements through operational deployment. This role involves collaborating across disciplines to ensure mission success and managing ground segment architecture.

Responsibilities

Serve as the customer interface at meetings, tests, and reviews to develop operations plans, design missions, and participate in real world operations.
Ensure contract deliverables are completed on-time and distill customer requirements into actionable development objectives.
Work with internal and external stakeholders to drive development. Collaborate with subsystem representatives across team boundaries to consider all necessary trades and ensure end-to-end mission success.
Ownall phases of the program from development, initial proposal, through successful test, flight, and on-orbit commissioning. This will include educating the customer on our designs and methodologies.
Own ground segment interface and architecture design, including compute infrastructure, network architecture, and software systems.
Lead in-person integration efforts (forward deployed engineering) with external stakeholders and customers.

Qualification

Active Top SecretHighly detail orientedSpacecraft mission design

Required

Bachelor’s degree in a engineering or science discipline.
5+ years of software engineering or electrical engineering, working hands-on with hardware or software technical projects.
3+ years of technical project management experience.
Professional experience working with spacecraft, with a broad understanding of spacecraft command and control systems and ground segment architectures.
Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q Clearance.

Preferred

Familiarity with USG processes and software systems.
Experience coordinating hardware or infrastructure deployments, including in classified or government-controlled environments.
Familiarity with networking fundamentals (e.g. IP networking, switching/routing concepts, etc).
Demonstrated ability to work under pressure and deliver reliable and expeditious results across multiple parallel priorities.
Highly detail oriented, hardworking, and professional with excellent written and verbal technical communication skills.
Spacecraft mission design, development, integration, and/or test experience. Strong penchant for innovation in process improvement and system design.
Capacity to balance conflicting opinions and manage expectations between multiple teams and customers.

Benefits

Dental
Vision
401(k)
Parental Leave
Life Insurance

Company

SpaceX

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