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Lead Development Test Engineer (Starlink)

SpaceX· Starlink Engineering Bastrop - Dev Ops
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Hybrid (Bastrop, TX)full-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Lead Development Test Engineer to oversee a team responsible for development and qualification test of satellite hardware in Bastrop, owning design, activation, safety, and reliability of thermal, fluids, chamber, structural, and vibration test capability.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of engineers enabling rapid hardware development through test — thermal, fluids, environmental chambers, structural, vibration, and dynamic test
  • Oversee and own development-focused thermal chambers (HASS / HALT) and, as capability stands up, TVAC — hardware, fixturing, profiles, instrumentation, controls/dashboards, safety
  • Oversee structural, vibration, pressure, and related mechanical test: test article and stand configuration, boundary conditions, schematics, CONOPS
  • Act as technical decision maker and advisor to the team
  • Coach and develop direct reports; set clear goals
  • Develop, document, and implement cross-functional testing solutions (capability, coverage, safety)
  • Design and implement GSE: fixtures, automated test equipment, facilities infrastructure
  • Operate and activate stands with engineers and technicians; partner with Development Operations for fab (you do not own technician people ops)

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or other engineering discipline
  • 3+ years of hands-on design, analysis, build, and test
  • 2+ year leading a product development, manufacturing engineering, or project team

Skills

Required:FT/ITAR complianceEnvironmental/Development Testing
Nice to have:CAD

Benefits

  • Not specified in description
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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