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Satellite Integration & Test Engineer

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Compensation
$180–220K/yr
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Work Authorization
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Job overview

As a customer in-plant Satellite Factory Integration & Test Engineer, the role provides government customer insight at a satellite contractor facility throughout design, manufacture, integration, test, and launch. The engineer oversees contractor integration and test activities, helps resolve technical and programmatic issues, and supports delivery of satellites for on-orbit operations. The position works with government customer leads, satellite subsystem developers, and other subject matter experts.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Spacecraft Systems Engineering, requiredIntegration and Test, requiredSatellite Development, requiredSatellite Manufacturing, requiredLeadership, requiredInterpersonal Skills, requiredCollaborative Communication, requiredWritten Communication, requiredOral Communication, requiredSatellite Systems Engineering Integration and Test, nice to haveEarly Lifecycle Satellite Engineering, nice to haveLaunch and Initialization, nice to have

Qualifications

BS+14, MS+12 or PhD/JD+9 Yrs, required5+ Years Spacecraft Systems Engineering Experience, requiredMS in Electrical, Software or Mechanical Engineering, nice to haveMultiple Satellite Programs Experience, nice to have

Full job description

Description

As a customer In-Plant Satellite Factory Integration & Test (I&T) Engineer, provide government customer insight at satellite contractor facility during design, manufacture, integration, test and launch phases. Responsibilities will include oversight of various contractor I&T activities; identifying and resolving technical issue by leading and influencing contractor efforts in successfully delivering satellite for on orbit operations.

Key duties/responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Work in an interactive team environment with Government customer leads, satellite subsystems developers, and other subject matter experts.

  • Facilitates communications between Customer Program Office and contractor team and provide written daily and weekly status reports to customer program office

  • Identify, communicate and lead program team to address and resolve technical and programmatic issues

  • Review, assess and evaluate contractor satellite assembly, integration and test plans and procedures

  • Perform test engineering and requirements flow down assessment on all satellite level test plans, procedures and reports

  • Provide analysis support on satellite test results to verify the satellite design satisfies the system requirements.

  • Performs Spacecraft level requirements satisfaction analysis and Functional & Physical Configuration Audits (FCA/PCA)

  • Participate in Failure Review Boards (FRBs) to adjudicate and resolve anomalies by direct fact finding, audits, inquiries, and investigations of processing, testing, or operational failures.

  • Assist in ensuring compliance to interfaces and standards or that appropriate deviations/waivers are in place

  • 24/7 shift work may be required on occasion

Qualifications

Bachelors and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Masters and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience.

  • 5 or more years of Spacecraft systems engineering experience with integration and test experience

  • Experience working in satellite development, manufacturing, and I&T

  • Strong leadership and interpersonal skills (including collaborative communication skills)

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills

Desired Qualifications:

  • MS in Electrical, Software, or Mechanical Engineering

  • Experience with multiple satellite programs and satellite System Engineering Integration and Test

  • Experience with early life-cycle satellite engineering activities/milestones, satellite integration and test, and Launch and Initialization (L&I) activities

Target salary range: $180,001 - $220,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

REQNUMBER: 2619036

SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability

How this job compares

Set against the 11,817 open Systems Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 13, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$180–220K/yr
  • California median$140–208K/yr1,723 salary ranges
  • US median$115–187K/yr8,992 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $200K, is 16% above the California median midpoint ($173K) — in the middle half of Systems Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 2,001 open Systems Engineer jobs in California and 11,817 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 9 years of experience — more than three in four Systems Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 9,712 postings).
Education
4,393 of the 11,817 open Systems Engineer jobs (37%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 13, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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