Lead Avionics Test Engineer (Starshield)New$230K

The opportunity

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

What you'll do

  • Provide strong technical leadership with a focus on continuous improvement

  • Manage projects and delegate responsibilities effectively to complete work on time

  • Determine team goals to effectively implement testing solutions

  • Develop and enforce processes to standardize test system deliverable expectations

  • Develop highly reliable autonomous test systems

  • Own all aspects of test development, including requirements evaluation,: system development, subsystem testing, and factory integration

What they're looking for

  • Collaborate with teams, lead projects and continuously drive improvement in hardware testing
  • Create modular, reusable software in Python to automate manufacturing processes and tests
  • Collaborate directly with the design and manufacturing engineers to validate flight hardware
  • Actively maintain tests that support rapid design iteration of flight hardware and software