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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Mission Integration Engineer - **Company:** Space Exploration Technologies Corp. - **Location:** El Segundo, CA, United States - **Salary:** $110,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Network Interface Controllers, Software Requirements Analysis, Integration Tests - **Published:** September 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.themuse.com/jobs/spacex/mission-integration-engineer-special-programs ## About the Role You will be the owner of the payload-to-platform interface: mechanical, electrical, data, and thermal, plus the static, dynamic, thermal, and electromagnetic environments for launch, on-orbit, and re-entry. You will write and maintain interface control documentation, allocate and verify requirements, run interface trades, and drive non-compliances to a technical disposition (redesign, waiver, or operational constraint). You will plan and execute integration and test, including mate/demate, interface checkout, and end-to-end mission timeline verification. The work is mission and interface engineering applied to an externally built space vehicle on a SpaceX host. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who is hungry to do work that matters, and is a quick-learner., * Bachelor's degree in an engineering or STEM discipline * Ability to obtain a Top Secret SCI clearance * Experience applying systems engineering methods (requirements, interfaces, verification, or integration and test) * Excellent verbal and written technical communication skills, * Active Top Secret, Top Secret SCI, or DOE Level Q clearance * 1+ years of spacecraft, launch vehicle, or payload integration / systems engineering experience * Master's degree in an engineering discipline * Hands-on experience with ICD development, requirements verification, or integrated test * Familiarity with launch and on-orbit environments (coupled loads, shock, vibe, thermal vacuum, EMI/EMC) * Familiarity with USG processes and systems * Ability to close technical trades across multiple engineering organizations under schedule pressure * Ability to quickly adapt and change course in a fast-paced environment, * To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here. ## Description As a member of our Mission Management team, you will own the integration of customer payloads onto the SpaceX payload platform from requirements definition through integrated test, flight, and on-orbit operations. You will work closely with technical disciplines across SpaceX, such as vehicle engineering, structures, avionics, thermal, software, flight reliability, and launch and space operations to close the payload-to-platform interface and to verify the mission can be flown safely., * Own the payload-to-platform ICD: define, baseline, and configuration-control mechanical, electrical, data, and thermal interfaces * Allocate customer and vehicle requirements to the interface; maintain traceability through analysis, test, and inspection * Evaluate payload design against platform constraints and environments (static, dynamic, thermal, electromagnetic) for launch, on-orbit, and re-entry * Lead interface trades (mass, volume, keep-out, loads, power, thermal, EMI/EMC, timeline) and document the technical basis * Disposition interface non-compliances with engineering: waiver, redesign, or operational constraint, including work-around plans where required * Define and support integrated test: interface checkout, EGSE, mate/demate, environmental test correlation, and end-to-end mission timeline * Build and maintain the integrated mission CONOPs (on-orbit operations) with payload, vehicle, and operations teams * Identify technical risk at the payload-platform boundary, including Do No Harm to the vehicle and to co-manifested payloads; drive mitigations to closure * Support design reviews, test readiness, and flight readiness with evidence of interface compliance-not as a customer-facing facilitator, as the responsible engineer for the interface * Communicate interface status, open items, and technical decisions to payload providers and internal engineering teams ## Related Videos - [Model Based Systems Engineering in an Agile Product Development Process](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/68-model-based-systems-engineering-in-an-agile-product-development-process) - [Building Reliable Serverless Applications with AWS CDK and Testing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/812-building-reliable-serverless-applications-with-aws-cdk-and-testing) - [Docker exec without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1094-docker-exec-without-docker) - [What I learned as a developer from accidents in space](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/642-what-i-learned-as-a-developer-from-accidents-in-space) - [Building the Right Product and Building It Right: A Glimpse into Extreme Programming, Atomic Design ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/398-building-the-right-product-and-building-it-right-a-glimpse-into-extreme-programming-atomic-design) - [Automated Driving - Why is it so hard to introduce](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/628-automated-driving-why-is-it-so-hard-to-introduce) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Where to Find Entry-Level Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/397-where-to-find-entry-level-software-engineering-jobs) - [How Engineering Hubs Build Visibility at Developer Conferences like WeAreDevelopers World Congress](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/720-how-engineering-hubs-build-visibility-at-developer-conferences-like-wearedevelopers-world-congress) - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering)