Jobs at Intuitive Machines

Leads orbit determination and navigation analyses for deep-space missions, including trajectory reconstruction, covariance analysis, tracking-data assessment, maneuver support, and validation. Develops estimation strategies, improves OD software workflows, reviews code, guides engineers, and manages technical execution across projects. Level IV engineers provide technical leadership for complex OD software development, mission-phase analyses, requirements, schedules, budgets, quality verification, and operational readiness.

Design mechanical parts, drawings, assemblies, models, and operational procedures for lunar lander structures and secondary systems. Support manufacturing, testing, and on-orbit operations of flight and ground-support hardware. Collaborate cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment, applying CAD, GD&T, manufacturing techniques, and applicable aerospace standards.

Manage full-cycle recruiting for engineering, technical, and business roles in an onsite Houston environment. Responsibilities include partnering with hiring managers, sourcing and screening candidates, building pipelines, coordinating interviews, negotiating offers, closing hires, maintaining ATS records, and supporting onboarding handoffs. The role requires strong organization, communication, consultative hiring-manager relationships, and experience recruiting specialized technical talent.

Supports supply chain data analysis, inventory management, demand planning, vendor coordination, shipment tracking, logistics issue resolution, ERP record maintenance, reporting, and procurement process improvements. Uses Excel and Power BI to identify trends, inefficiencies, and cost-saving opportunities while coordinating with suppliers and internal teams to ensure timely delivery.

Manages the company’s commercial, contractual, regulatory, and corporate litigation, claims, and disputes from pre-litigation through resolution. Develops litigation strategy, oversees outside counsel and budgets, manages discovery and legal holds, advises on settlements and dispute resolution, responds to subpoenas and government inquiries, and partners with business functions to mitigate legal and operational risk. Provides litigation reporting and practical legal guidance to senior leadership in an aerospace and government-contracting environment.

Leads spectrum management and RF communications activities for NASA space missions. Responsibilities include coordinating spectrum approvals, analyzing RF links and interference, creating link budgets, evaluating communication systems, documenting results, managing engineering tasks, and coordinating with NASA centers, federal agencies, commercial partners, and project managers.

Execute configuration and data management processes in NASA’s JEDII/Windchill environment. Control engineering drawings and facility records, support drawing control operations, reconcile part and serial data, maintain configuration status accounting, investigate documentation discrepancies, produce traceability reports, train users, and develop configuration management procedures and work instructions.

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.

Monitors, configures, and supports a lunar and cislunar data network using relay satellites and Earth ground stations. Executes live configuration changes, responds to network events and customer emergencies, communicates service impacts, identifies recurring issues, and supports reliability improvements. Participates in simulations and operational rehearsals, with additional development work when not supporting live operations. The role requires shift and off-hours support and in-office presence in Houston.

Perform stress analysis for carbon fiber structural panels, joints, metallic secondary structures, and spacecraft assemblies. Own analysis activities, present technical solutions, support component design and manufacturing development, and collaborate with cross-functional lunar lander teams through analysis, testing, and operations. The role requires advanced FEMAP/NASTRAN expertise, bolted-joint analysis, structural sizing, 3D CAD familiarity, and extensive mechanical or aerospace engineering experience.

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.

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.

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.