As an Integration & Test Engineer, you’ll be the last line of defense for all operations when the satellite is powered. Acting as a satellite controller, you’ll be in the driver’s seat of the satellite; all satellite activities go through you. Using a first principles approach, you’ll be responsible for defining test plans that simulate all modes of flight, dictating what the vehicle needs to do, when, why, and how often. Your work will span most technical disciplines at the company and will require you to build consensus from multiple teams. Initial ground and on-orbit operations will be more manual but quickly grow into fully automated activities. As you build your knowledge of the vehicle through manual procedures and vehicle control, you’ll be positioned to take the next step with the Vehicle Operations team towards a fully automated future.

Collaborate with design and systems engineers to define test plans with pass/fail criteria for vehicle checkouts

Develop test procedures used to confirm spacecraft hardware and software flightworthiness

Operate spacecraft (interpret telemetry, send commands) during system tests at the factory, test facilities, launch sites, and during pre-launch operations

Investigate and troubleshoot vehicle issues and drive further actions to reduce future failures

Understand general vehicle operations and become expert for at least 1 subsystem on the vehicle

Regularly lead and organize vehicle operations activities for the integration campaign

Act as a test conductor (and POC, if offsite) for environmental test campaigns

Own and maintain HITL table configuration and build out, including the racks

Create and release harness drawings for required ground support equipment

Support pre-launch activities at the launch provider’s payload processing facility

Support Mission Operations by acting as a satellite controller while vehicle is on-orbit

Integration & Test Engineer

Responsibilities

Qualification

Required

Preferred

Benefits

Company

K2 Space

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