Mechanical Integration & Test Engineer, User Products (Starshield)
Hawthorne · 1+ years experience · Posted Oct 16, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 1+ years experience
- Location
- Hawthorne
About the role
- Integration and Test Engineers are responsible for generating and understanding manufacturing and test procedures for Starshield user products including user terminals, ground stations, gateways and more.
- Engineers on this team must have a working knowledge of design, schematics, operations, manufacturing, and testing.
- The ultimate goal of the Integration and Test team is to ensure that our satellites and customers achieve their mission.
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
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
- 1+ years of design and/or hands-on manufacturing experience
Preferred qualifications
- Ability and willingness to obtain a Top Secret clearance
- Master's degree in an engineering discipline
- Experience with MATLAB, Python, or other programming language
- Experience with integration and testing of propulsion, thermal, electrical and/or structural systems
- Experience integrating avionics systems
- Documentation and configuration management experience
- Experience writing test plans, procedures, and providing go/no-go judgment and rationale
- Experience in a production environment
Benefits
- Company stock or long-term cash awards
- Potential discretionary bonuses
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
Workplace
- Some travel to other SpaceX sites may be required as needed, up to 10%
Skills
- MATLAB
- Python
