# Lead Avionics Test Engineer (Starshield) at SpaceX

- Company: SpaceX
- What the company does: SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, a16z and Founders Fund.
- Company website: https://www.spacex.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Hawthorne, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-09
- Apply by: 2026-10-24
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/8788215002?gh_jid=8788215002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/spacex-lead-avionics-test-engineer-starshield/

## About the role

The Starshield Components Test Team develops test solutions for the most cutting-edge, high-volume, communication satellites and ground stations in the world! We are looking for a Lead Avionics Test Engineer to drive complex electrical test problems to resolution.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, physics or other engineering discipline
- 2+ years of professional design and/or hands-on manufacturing experience with aerospace vehicles/payloads, automotive, aircraft, or marine assemblies
- 1+ years of prior leadership experience leading teams, projects or people
- Must be available to work extended hours as needed
- An active clearance may provide the opportunity for you to work on sensitive SpaceX missions, if so, you will be subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing

Tags: Components Test - Starshield

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