39,537 QA jobs
Quality assurance and test engineering roles across manual and automated testing.
Test Engineer (Dragon)
Develop and execute integrated testing procedures for Dragon spacecraft hardware and subsystems, including post-flight processing and refurbishment; work with hardware, software (Python/C++), and test equipment to ensure vehicle safety and reliability.
Integration & Test Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind)
Build and validate the custom compute hardware, power systems, and thermal radiators that will power SpaceX’s orbital AI data centers, integrating avionics and ensuring reliability in space.
Electromagnetic Effects Test Engineer (Automotive/Satellite EMC)
Design and run electromagnetic compatibility tests for satellite and automotive hardware, ensuring compliance with strict EMC standards and troubleshooting interference issues.
Test Engineer (Starship Development)
The Test Engineer will design, execute, and automate tests for Starship engines and components, managing test campaigns and troubleshooting data acquisition and fluid systems. This hands-on role involves collaborating with technicians and design engineers to ensure hardware performance and safety in a fast-paced environment.
Integration & Test Engineer (Falcon)
Hands-on Falcon 9 launch role at Vandenberg: the engineer assembles, integrates, and tests flight vehicles and ground support equipment, writes and executes test procedures, leads technicians, and drives root-cause investigations to ensure flight readiness. Centers on mechanical, electrical, and fluid systems integration and testing.
Test Engineer (Avionics Test Lab)
Test Engineer in SpaceX's Avionics Test Lab who owns flight electronics (flight computers, PCBAs, FPGAs, comms units) through thermal, vibration, and other environmental screening, and writes Python automation to drive test equipment and instrumentation. Requires an engineering/CS/physics degree and 1+ years in hardware/software testing.
Mechanical Integration & Test Engineer (Starshield)
Mechanical Integration & Test Engineer on SpaceX's Starshield satellite program in Hawthorne, CA, managing satellite build flow and test operations day to day — evaluating designs for manufacturability, refining assembly procedures, and driving root-cause analysis of non-conformances. Core tools include MATLAB/Python plus hands-on integration and test of spacecraft systems.
Structural Test Engineer (Starship)
Structural Test Engineer on SpaceX's Starship team at Starbase, TX: develops, designs, builds, and executes large system-level static and dynamic structural tests — designing mechanical and cryogenic/fluid systems and NI-based DAQ/control systems, writing test scripts and procedures, and operating the test stand with engineers and technicians.
Lead Avionics Test Engineer (Starshield)
Leads SpaceX's Starshield components test team in Hawthorne, CA, developing autonomous electrical test systems and Python automation to validate avionics hardware for communication satellites. Day to day involves technical leadership, managing engineers and projects, and building scalable test infrastructure across electrical, RF, optical, and software disciplines.
Avionics Test Engineer (Starshield)
Designs and builds custom test systems for satellite avionics hardware (electronics, optics, RF, electro-mechanical) on SpaceX's Starshield national-security program, writing Python automation software and root-causing test failures to screen flight hardware. Core tech: Python/MATLAB/Embedded C++, test instrumentation, and PCBA design.
Lead Avionics Integration & Test Engineer (Starshield)
Lead a team building autonomous hardware test systems for Starshield satellite production at SpaceX, owning test development from requirements through factory integration. The work blends electrical/RF hardware, Python test automation, and people/project leadership to validate flight hardware at scale.
Hardware Test Automation Engineer
Designs, builds, and automates test systems and ground support equipment for SpaceX's Starlink satellite program, from electrical, pneumatic, and fluid schematics to instrumentation and user interfaces. Day-to-day work centers on DAQ systems, lab test equipment, PLCs, and programming in Python, MATLAB, or C/C++.
Development Test Engineer (Starlink)
A hands-on test engineer at SpaceX's Starlink group who designs, builds, and operates test stands and instrumentation to validate next-generation satellite hardware (structures, fluid systems, mechanisms). The role centers on mechanical/structural design and analysis using CAD (Unigraphics NX), FEA, high-pressure fluid systems, and test instrumentation, with light Python/JavaScript programming.
Lead Development Test Engineer (Starlink)
Lead a team of development test engineers at SpaceX's Bastrop, TX site, owning the design, activation, safety, and reliability of thermal (HASS/HALT/TVAC), fluids, structural, and vibration test capability used to qualify Starlink satellite hardware. Day-to-day blends team leadership, hands-on test chamber/GSE design, and automation with tools like Python, NX, and SolidWorks.
Lead Electrical Test Engineer (Starlink)
A hands-on lead engineer who technically owns high-volume PCB electrical test (in-circuit test, flying probe, fixtures/racks, and test PCBAs) for Starlink hardware at the Bastrop, TX factory. The role blends tester and automation work (Teradyne, Python/C++, Git) with debugging yield/throughput issues and mentoring test engineers and technicians.
Launch & Test Engineer, Fluids (Starship)
SpaceX is hiring a Launch & Test Engineer (Fluids) for the Starship program in Cape Canaveral, FL. The role designs, builds, activates, and maintains cryogenic and high-pressure fluid/mechanical systems for rocket launch and test operations, owning projects from design reviews and CAD modeling through fabrication and hands-on field troubleshooting.
Integration & Test Engineer (Falcon & Dragon)
Integration & Test Engineer working on the build, inspection, and integration of Falcon rockets and Dragon spacecraft at SpaceX's Hawthorne, CA site. Day to day: develop and refine manufacturing processes, resolve non-conformances, design tooling in 3D CAD, and scale production using metallic manufacturing techniques like welding, forming, and bonding.
Test Engineer, Compute Payload (Starmind)
Test Engineer on SpaceX's Starmind team, which is developing a satellite constellation to capture solar energy in space and power on-orbit AI compute. Day to day, the role designs and implements test processes and tooling for an electro-mechanical assembly line, validates compute payload hardware, and tracks rate, cost, and quality metrics.
Mechanical Hardware Test Engineer - Failure Analysis (Starlink)
This SpaceX engineer performs hands-on failure analysis of high-voltage vacuum amplifier hardware for the Starlink network at the Redmond, WA site — using SEM, FIB, EDS, and cross-sectioning to find root causes, monitoring yield and quality metrics, and partnering with design, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to improve reliability, including building Python-based data analysis tools.
Electrical Test Engineer, AI Satellites (Starmind)
Builds automated test systems for space-grade electrical hardware on SpaceX's Starmind constellation, which aims to capture solar power in space for orbital AI compute. Day to day: selecting/designing test hardware and PCBAs, writing Python test automation, and working with design and manufacturing engineers to improve reliability and yield.