Jobs at Intuitive Machines

Designs and oversees spacecraft ground support equipment, testing procedures, transportation, and launch-site integration. Serves as test conductor, coordinating personnel, schedules, execution, documentation, anomaly resolution, and troubleshooting. Collaborates with external testing facilities and launch providers. Requires extensive spacecraft systems integration and testing experience, hardware assembly knowledge, aerospace or aviation integration experience, and proficiency with assembly tools. Occasional extended travel supports offsite testing and launch preparation.

Supports the development, testing, and real-time operation of a global spacecraft ground station network. Responsibilities include testing RF, network, cloud, and mission control systems; creating operational procedures and mission rules; troubleshooting; integrating ground software and automation; supporting verification activities; coordinating stakeholders; and operating mission systems. The role may eventually lead subsystem experts and participate in the full development lifecycle, from requirements and procurement through mission operations.

Build, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines and on-premises and AWS infrastructure. Automate provisioning with Terraform or Ansible, administer Linux systems, support Docker containers, configure monitoring and alerting, manage backups and secrets, investigate incidents, and collaborate with development, IT, and security teams.

Develops, integrates, tests, verifies, and sustains mission-critical embedded flight software for NASA spacecraft. Responsibilities span requirements analysis, architecture, implementation, integration, validation, documentation, anomaly troubleshooting, software assurance, readiness assessments, launch support, and on-orbit operations. The role collaborates with hardware, systems engineering, mission operations, and NASA teams while supporting formal lifecycle reviews and environmental testing.

Develops strategic communications content for federal space programs, translating complex technical information into clear audience-focused materials. Creates executive messaging, briefing materials, scripts, articles, and multimedia content; supports video production, outreach, events, mission milestones, and employee engagement. Coordinates with leadership, engineers, subject-matter experts, and stakeholders while managing rapid communications needs, editorial quality, CMS publishing, and multiple deadlines.

Manages multiple federally funded projects, including resource planning, master scheduling, procurement tracking, financial forecasting, risk mitigation, stakeholder communication, and customer dashboards. Prepares project management and configuration plans, formal proposals, and monthly technical, cost, schedule, and risk reviews. The role also monitors service providers, leads teams, manages competing priorities, and supports NASA project processes at Johnson Space Center.

Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex software projects supporting flight software, ground systems, and aerospace mission tools. Manage cross-functional engineering and test teams, schedules, resources, scope, requirements, risks, milestones, and stakeholder communications. Facilitate Agile sprint planning and reviews while ensuring projects meet quality, schedule, and budget objectives.

Assembles and integrates spacecraft, lunar lander, vehicle, satellite, and ground-system components. Performs subsystem and vehicle-level assembly involving sensors, avionics, structures, wiring, harnesses, heaters, thermal tape, fasteners, and rigging. Installs hardware, records torque values and procedural activities, and supports hands-on aerospace integration in a collaborative team environment.

Design, implement, maintain, integrate, and test flight software for Nebula spacecraft. Responsibilities include hardware/software integration, I/O performance assessment, serial and packetized communications, unit and integration testing, and collaboration with hardware engineering teams.

Develops and maintains high-fidelity spacecraft simulation models, including environmental, vehicle, sensor, effector, and interface models. Responsibilities include real-time and faster-than-real-time simulation, HWIL testing, FDIR fault modeling, verification and unit testing, SQA tool development, and support for flight software, ground software, and operations teams. The role collaborates with aerospace, GNC, vehicle software, and subsystem engineers.

Leads optical navigation engineering across lunar and interplanetary missions. Responsibilities include designing and testing optical navigation and camera systems, operational analysis, camera calibration, image processing, planetary terrain modeling, software architecture, flight software development, verification, risk mitigation, and mission support. The role coordinates multidisciplinary teams, manages multiple projects, mentors engineers, oversees schedules and budgets, and communicates technical results to stakeholders and executives.

Designs and analyzes interplanetary spacecraft trajectories and maneuvers for NASA and commercial missions. Responsibilities include high- and low-thrust optimization, trade studies, Monte Carlo analysis, operational maneuver planning, navigation tool development, visualization, technical reporting, and stakeholder coordination. The engineer supports missions in development and flight operations while collaborating with spacecraft, science, and mission teams.

Develops and validates ground-based and onboard optical navigation systems for lunar and interplanetary missions. Responsibilities include camera calibration, image processing, observation planning, terrain and shape modeling, simulation, flight software development, system verification, technical analysis, and mission partner coordination. The engineer also documents results, troubleshoots technical issues, manages configuration-controlled software, supports project planning, and provides operational support for deep-space missions.

Performs orbit determination, trajectory reconstruction, covariance analysis, tracking-data assessment, and navigation-product development for spacecraft missions. Configures estimation runs, evaluates residuals and solution behavior, maintains analysis scripts and workflows, troubleshoots issues, and prepares technical reports. Level III engineers lead complex analyses, improve methods and software reliability, guide engineers, coordinate mission teams and customers, and manage project priorities, schedules, and budgets.

Supports orbit determination solutions, trajectory reconstruction, covariance analysis, tracking-data assessment, navigation products, and spacecraft maneuver planning. The role includes configuring estimation runs, reviewing residuals, checking coordinate and time-system accuracy, maintaining Python scripts and workflows, troubleshooting analyses, documenting results, and communicating findings to mission teams. Level II engineers independently execute routine analyses and support deep-space navigation operations. A bachelor’s degree, U.S. citizenship, Python knowledge, and foundational astrodynamics or estimation expertise are required.

Assembles and integrates spacecraft components and vehicle systems, including sensors, avionics, structures, wiring, harnesses, and ground elements. Performs subsystem and vehicle-level integration, installs hardware, applies thermal tape, installs heaters, records torque values, and documents assembly procedures. The role requires engineering expertise, hands-on assembly skills, familiarity with aerospace hardware standards, and proficiency with assembly tools and CAD software.

Designs, analyzes, manufactures, integrates, and tests spacecraft and ground-support mechanisms, including actuators, deployers, gimbals, robotic systems, and fluid couplings. Responsibilities include CAD and drawing generation, mechanism analysis, actuator specification, procurement, supplier management, environmental testing, requirements development, verification planning, and cross-functional vehicle integration. The role also mentors junior engineers and represents mechanisms engineering in customer and program reviews.

Leads end-to-end design, analysis, procurement, integration, testing, and production of spacecraft and ground-support mechanisms. Responsibilities include bearing and geartrain design, actuator integration, CAD and tolerance analysis, requirements and verification planning, supplier management, hardware procurement, environmental testing, risk reduction, and subsystem performance testing. The role also mentors engineers and represents mechanisms engineering in customer and program reviews.

Manage security for classified information systems across their full lifecycle, including accreditation, security controls, SSPs, RMF activities, vulnerability remediation, audits, incident response, insider threat coordination, COMSEC, and TEMPEST/EMSEC compliance. Lead security professionals, coordinate with government agencies, conduct training and self-inspections, and ensure systems meet NIST, DoD, SCI, and related regulatory requirements.

Leads design, procurement, integration, assembly, and testing of Mars rover mechanisms, including mobility actuators, robotic manipulators, superstructure, and deployment systems. Performs bearing, gear, lubrication, force, torque, dynamics, CAD, tolerance, and interference analyses. Coordinates cross-functional integration, develops test procedures and apparatus, supports autonomous demonstrations, and represents mechanisms engineering in customer and program reviews.