RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsible for the technical engagement and successful Starlink service launch of Starlink with airline partners
Establish and maintain comprehensive program governance, delivering accurate, timely reporting to both customer-facing teams and SpaceX leadership
Lead strategic program reviews, coordination meetings, and workshops with internal stakeholders, customers, airframe manufacturers, and industry partners
Engage with customers during pre-sales to deeply understand requirements and translate them into actionable technical and operational plans
Coordinate across company departments, vendors, airframe manufacturers, and partners to prepare technical, compliance, and commercial artifacts for licenses, type approvals, and regulatory audits
Navigate complex schedules and project dependencies ensuring a maximally efficient use of SpaceX resources and customer success.
Work closely with the FAA and other aerospace regulatory bodies to ensure full compliance throughout the customer engagement
Manage multiple concurrent projects and provide regular updates on schedule and deliverables to senior management
Act as the subject matter expert on the SpaceX Aviation Integration process and create alignment across all partners
Work across all stakeholders to ensure feedback is incorporated into project schedules and statement of work
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline
4+ years of experience in an engineering function (EG: software, network, mechanical, electrical) OR a technical program/product management role focused on bringing programs/products/services to market
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Demonstrated ability to navigate complex technical programs with aerospace manufacturers from ideation, commercial negotiation, and implementation to roll-out
Experience in one or more of the following functional areas: software architecture and protocols, electrical interfaces and standards, wireless data communications, mechanical structures or thermal analysis
Experience conducting commercial and technical trades across partner and internal stakeholders
Demonstrated high accountability to producing the correct requirements, eliminating complexity and communicating dependencies, critical path and key decision-points to a large group of stakeholders
Experience with industry certification and regulatory compliance
Experience with commissioning and testing, writing and executing integration plans
Previous technical ownership of a complex project involving numerous stakeholders from conception to customer acceptance
Demonstrated ability to produce documentation deliverables on a tight timeline
Extremely strong proficiency with Microsoft Word as a tool to produce and manage large documents
Experience generating schematics, diagrams, and data visualizations that clearly communicate design intent of systems, tests or analysis
Hardware ownership for mechanical or electrical systems through entire lifecycle (design, qualification, manufacturing, and launch)
Understanding of failure modes of complex mechanical and electrical systems
Extremely strong verbal and written communication skills
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary to support critical milestones
Ability to travel if needed (0-25%)
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Pay Range
Level 3: $135,000.00 - $220,000.00
Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.
Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.
ITAR REQUIREMENTS
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.
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; 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/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to EEOCompliance@spacex.com.
