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Mission Integration Engineer, Mission and Ground Systems (Starshield)

SpaceX· Starshield Missions
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Hawthorne, CA$100k - $130kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Mission Integration Engineer supporting SpaceX Starshield program, focusing on mission-specific systems that drive, manage, and provide user insight into satellite programs. Involves requirements verification, prototyping, integrated testing, and operational deployment across satellite command/control, operational planning, data processing, compute and networking infrastructure, and secure implementation.

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.
  • Support all 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 architecture design, including compute infrastructure, network architecture, and software systems.
  • Support in-person site surveys and selection for ground stations and datacenters.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in a engineering or science discipline.
  • 1+ years of software engineering or electrical engineering, working hands-on with hardware or software technical projects.

Skills

Required:Customer liaison and requirements translationSystem architecture and ground segment design
Nice to have:Satellite command and controlOperational planning and data processingNetworking fundamentals (IP, switching/routing)

Benefits

  • Long-term incentives (stock or stock-based rewards) and potential discretionary bonuses
  • Employee stock purchase plan
  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Disability and life insurance
  • Paid parental leave
  • 3 weeks of paid vacation, 10+ paid holidays per year
  • Paid sick leave policy alignment with legal requirements
  • Discounts and other perks
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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