Job brief: Integration & Test Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind)

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on SpaceX's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-07.
• The apply link opens boards.greenhouse.io, the address SpaceX's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Bastrop, TX
• Posted: 2026-08-18 · over 60 days ago

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Entry level. The posting asks for 1+ years of experience.

Must have

• These systems must operate in the extreme environment of space while delivering the connectivity, control, power distribution, and processing needed for orbital AI inference.
• Your work spans the assembly, integration, and testing of industry-leading compute electronics, memory, and networking in order to achieve required domain sizes and processing wor…
• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 1+ years of design and/or hands-on manufacturing experience (internships/project experience is applicable)
• Master's degree in an engineering discipline
• Some travel to other SpaceX sites may be required as needed, up to 15%

Conditions

• Must be willing to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to meet mission-critical deadlines
• employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/…

Main duties

• Manage physical infrastructure of test integration and operations
• Mechanical design of infrastructure and tooling for test integration and operations
• Evaluate proposed designs for manufacturability and integration
• Interface with both engineers, specialists, and technicians to optimize testing operations
• New vehicle integration into new and existing infrastructure

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in Texas: $131k a year (342 listings, 32 employers). This listing does not publish pay to compare.
• Across SpaceX's 2,896 open listings, 59% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How SpaceX hires

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