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
As a design-focused member of this team, you will apply your technical: expertise from initial conception of major design revisions and define the path through design maturation, validation, safe launch, and initial operation in orbit. This high-impact phase rewards creativity and innovation but demands foresight and mitigation of risks along the way.
As a change-focused member of this team, you will lead identifying and: rolling out improvements to the design and processing of satellites, while sustaining our industry-leading design iteration and manufacturing cadence. You will be rewarded by seeing these systems acting in concert to materialize innovative ideas on real satellites flying in space.
Develop and own design criteria, requirements, and verification approaches: for new satellite systems. Continuously improve these processes with stakeholder engagement.
Perform critical peer review of hardware designs during design reviews, and: of acceptance and qualification test campaigns, and approve plans based on the strength of technical justification that hardware is ready for launch.
Guide engineers through the SpaceX design process and ensure design: criteria/requirements are being followed for satellite design, manufacturing, and test activities.
Provide development input such as analysis or test recommendations on a wide: range of engineering problems encompassing electrical, structural, and radio frequency systems.
What they're looking for
- Leverage involvement in broad spectrum of development efforts to be an expert: resource for defining vehicle maturity status in key program reviews and communications.
- Proactively identify development risks, then implement and track mitigation plans.
- Develop and own long-term strategy to enable satellite and infrastructure: changes, while providing daily engineering support and surge coverage for critical issues.
- Leverage comprehensive expertise in the satellite system architecture to: ensure vehicle-wide and atomic changes improve rather than degrade the satellite.