Sr. Aviation Development Engineer (Starlink)

Woodinville, WAfull timeOn Site

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senior

$100k–$135k

H1B: no

SpaceX The Sr. Aviation Development Engineer at SpaceX leads the technical engagement and service launch of Starlink with airline partners. This role involves coordinating across multiple stakeholders to ensure compliance, technical alignment, and successful integration of Starlink technology into airline operations.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the technical engagement and successful Starlink service launch of Starlink with airline partners
Establish and maintain comprehensive program governance, delivering accurate, timely reporting to both customer-facing teams and SpaceX leadership
Lead strategic program reviews, coordination meetings, and workshops with internal stakeholders, customers, airframe manufacturers, and industry partners
Engage with customers during pre-sales to deeply understand requirements and translate them into actionable technical and operational plans
Coordinate across company departments, vendors, airframe manufacturers, and partners to prepare technical, compliance, and commercial artifacts for licenses, type approvals, and regulatory audits
Navigate complex schedules and project dependencies ensuring a maximally efficient use of SpaceX resources and customer success.
Work closely with the FAA and other aerospace regulatory bodies to ensure full compliance throughout the customer engagement
Manage multiple concurrent projects and provide regular updates on schedule and deliverables to senior management
Act as the subject matter expert on the SpaceX aviation integration process and create alignment across all partners
Work across all stakeholders to ensure feedback is incorporated into project schedules and statement of work

Qualification

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline

Required

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline
1+ years of experience working in an engineering discipline (e.g., software, network, mechanical, electrical) or 1+ years experience in a technical program/product management role bringing a service, product or program to market

Preferred

Demonstrated ability to navigate complex technical programs with aerospace manufacturers from ideation, commercial negotiation, and implementation to roll-out
Experience in one or more of the following functional areas: software architecture and protocols, electrical interfaces and standards, wireless data communications, mechanical structures or thermal analysis
Experience conducting commercial and technical trades across partner and internal stakeholders
Demonstrated high accountability to producing the correct requirements, eliminating complexity and communicating dependencies, critical path and key decision-points to a large group of stakeholders
Experience with industry certification and regulatory compliance
Experience with commissioning and testing, writing and executing integration plans
Previous technical ownership of a complex project involving numerous stakeholders from conception to customer acceptance
Demonstrated ability to produce documentation deliverables on a tight timeline