Mission Integration Engineer, NSSL

Space

X was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today Space

X is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

The National Security Space Launch (NSSL) team at Space

X is charged with leading the successful execution of our partnership and contractual agreements with the US Government to launch national security missions. This close-knit group serves as the main interface between the relevant Space Force customers and internal company-wide teams. The NSSL team is also responsible for technically integrating and delivering government payloads to orbit, maintaining certification of the Space

X launch vehicles, and providing fleet insight to our government customers. Our work enables Space

X to be the premier domestic provider of National Security Space missions.

On this team, you will serve as the main interface between the Space

X technical teams and our external stakeholders from early integration studies through the successful launch and deployment of customer satellites. You will ensure Space

X's designs, test plans, and qualification campaigns result in mature launch systems so that our customers can feel confident entrusting us with their most sensitive, complex, and critical payloads. As a Mission Integration Engineer, you will negotiate requirements, coordinate technical analyses, ensure compliance with challenging mission-specific requirements, plan hardware integration at the launch site, and maintain a positive customer relationship. Team members are extreme owners and excel across a breadth of functions including systems engineering, requirements verification, project management, proposal development, and mission management.

• Generate Interface Control Documents for all external vehicle interfaces and payloads and work with Space
  
  X and Government teams to verify payload requirements
• Collaborate with Space
  
  X technical departments to prepare design, analysis, and test data packages and briefings for government representatives
• Organize and lead program milestone reviews, technical interchange meetings, and regular working group meetings
• Ensure that contract deliverables are delivered on time and per the customer's expectation, including taking responsibility for payment milestones
• Identify, develop handling plans, and drive to closure technical issues with designs, analysis or tests that would impact customer requirements
• Work closely with Space
  
  X technical departments to develop technical rationales, mitigate technical risks, and ensure product deliveries are on schedule
• Maintain configuration control of the certified flight configuration; coordinate and gain approval from the government on engineering changes to that baseline
• Support the development and drive execution of concept of operations to successfully integrate and launch customer satellites
• Support other customer activities, mission integration, launch operations, program scheduling, and proposal efforts

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 2+ years of professional experience
• Experience working test, operation, program management, or design and analysis for a complex system

• Demonstrated ability to work as an extreme owner under pressure and deliver reliable and expeditious results across multiple parallel priorities
• Professional experience working with launch vehicles or spacecraft
• Experience interacting with and presenting to external customers (preferably US Government)
• Knowledge of US Government launch vehicle requirements
• Knowledge of US Government testing standards and specifications
• Experience working with and/or managing cross-functional teams and external customers
• Highly detail oriented, diligent, and hard working with excellent customer interface skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Prior experience in all phases of the engineering lifecycle from conception to test and release
• Experience in requirements development, verification, and validation

• Active Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance preferred. Must be willing to pursue a clearance if not already cleared. Note that an active clearance may provide the opportunity for you to work on sensitive Space
  
  X missions. If so, you will be subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing
• Must be willing to travel to other Space
  
  X offices, vendors, and customers as necessary (up to 25% travel)
• Must be available to support extended hours and weekend work for launch and critical project milestones

Pay range:

Mission Integration Engineer/Level I: $95,000.00 - $/per year

Mission Integration Engineer/Level II: $ - $/per year

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related…