Jobs at Intuitive Machines

Leads external marketing, corporate brand strategy, public relations, media relations, digital presence, executive thought leadership, and industry engagement. Oversees brand integration following acquisitions, marketing campaigns, website and SEO strategy, media outreach, crisis communications support, agencies, budgets, and marketing and PR teams. Partners with executives to strengthen market positioning, corporate reputation, visibility, and business growth.

Develops, edits, and publishes internal and external communications across digital and print channels. Translates complex technical information into accessible stories, executive messaging, website copy, blogs, social media, presentations, newsletters, and employee communications. Manages content from research through publication, maintains editorial calendars, ensures brand consistency, supports integrated campaigns and major initiatives, and evaluates engagement metrics to improve communications.

Support the JPSS-4 spacecraft communications subsystem as a subject matter expert for mission operations. Responsibilities include subsystem cross-training, readiness activities, compatibility testing, mission rehearsals, daily operations testing, launch and early orbit support, communications product development, and operations tool development. The role requires extended shifts, including nights, weekends, and holidays, during testing and the 90-day launch and early orbit period.

Designs and implements talent and leadership development strategies, including leadership programs, career development, talent reviews, succession planning, capability frameworks, and employee development initiatives. Partners with business leaders and HR teams, facilitates workshops and talent discussions, manages development programs, evaluates vendors and learning resources, and uses talent data to measure effectiveness and guide improvements.

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.

Designs and develops mission analysis tools for lunar and cislunar missions. Performs trajectory modeling, six-degree-of-freedom design reference missions, trade studies, Monte Carlo analyses, and nominal/off-nominal scenario assessments. Collaborates with GNC, propulsion, simulation, and systems engineering teams, supports mission operations, documents analyses, and maintains an internal mission information website.

Executes acceptance and qualification testing for spacecraft propulsion tanks, including proof pressure, leak, structural, and functional tests. Develops procedures, configurations, instrumentation, and data acquisition requirements; analyzes results and prepares certification documentation. Supports anomaly resolution, nonconformance disposition, test readiness reviews, configuration control, and cross-functional coordination with structures, stress, manufacturing, and propulsion teams. Senior responsibilities may include technical ownership, test strategy, anomaly investigations, and verification leadership.

Leads guidance, navigation, and control architecture, requirements, algorithms, analysis, integration, verification, and flight operations for the IM-4 lunar mission. Owns subsystem performance and verification closure, coordinates interfaces across avionics, propulsion, structures, software, and systems engineering, and supports sensor and actuator selection, simulation, HIL/SIL testing, mission planning, fault management, and readiness reviews. Provides technical leadership and mentorship to GN&C engineers.

Design, implement, maintain, and test embedded flight software for spacecraft systems. Integrate software with hardware, assess I/O performance, develop unit and integration tests, and coordinate high-level feature testing. The role also involves communications protocols, software quality, and collaboration in a fast-paced aerospace environment.

Develop and operate ground software for a lunar data network. Responsibilities include building software tools, interfaces, console frameworks, scripts, and unit tests; responding to real-time events and anomalies; troubleshooting networking, RF, and backend issues; participating in simulations, agile sprints, integration testing, and quality assurance; and supporting 8-hour shifts, overnight work, and on-call operations.

Develops, evaluates, integrates, tests, and debugs safety-critical Orion GN&C flight software supporting NASA’s JETS II contract. The role uses MATLAB, Simulink, C/C++, Python, and TRICK/JEOD for software development, simulation analysis, verification, and troubleshooting. It also improves flight software processes, procedures, build management, and integration activities while collaborating onsite with NASA personnel and contractor teams at Johnson Space Center.

Operate and program 5-axis CNC mills to manufacture aerospace components. Analyze drawings, specifications, and GD&T; develop manufacturing plans; create CAM programs; prepare materials; set up and operate equipment; monitor production; troubleshoot issues; inspect finished parts; and maintain shop equipment. Collaborate with engineers while meeting demanding schedules and workplace safety requirements.

Develop and maintain high-fidelity spacecraft simulation models and infrastructure, including environmental, vehicle, sensor, effector, I/O, real-time, faster-than-real-time, and hardware-in-the-loop simulations. Collaborate with software, GNC, and subsystem engineers; create verification tests and unit tests; support FDIR testing; maintain SQA tools; and provide simulation support to flight software, ground software, and operations teams.

Machines aerospace components using 3-axis CNC mills. Responsibilities include interpreting drawings and GD&T, developing manufacturing plans, programming CAM software, preparing materials, setting up and operating equipment, monitoring production, inspecting parts, troubleshooting issues, and maintaining shop equipment. The role collaborates with engineers and requires expertise in composites, aerospace materials, G and M code, CNC programming, setup, and operation.

Perform structural stress analysis of carbon fiber panels, joints, tubes, bonded joints, sandwich panels, and metallic secondary structures. Own analysis for parts and assemblies, present engineering solutions, support manufacturing product development, and lead or mentor a small analysis team. Use advanced FEMAP/NASTRAN techniques, API scripts, closed-form bolted-joint analysis, structural sizing, and Creo-based design trades.

Set up, program, and operate simultaneous multi-axis CNC equipment to manufacture aerospace flight and ground-support hardware. Interpret drawings, specifications, samples, and GD&T; create CAM programs; plan manufacturing processes; coordinate with engineers; inspect finished parts; troubleshoot production issues; and maintain machine-shop equipment. The role also requires material preparation, adherence to safety standards, collaboration across teams, and meeting aggressive delivery schedules.

Design, develop, integrate, and test guidance, navigation, and controls systems for lunar spacecraft. Responsibilities include real-time C/C++ flight software, sensor and effector integration, HWIL and SWIL testing, six-degree-of-freedom simulations, navigation analysis, flight control performance evaluation, and collaboration across hardware and software teams.

Leads the organization’s talent acquisition strategy, recruiting team, full-cycle hiring, sourcing, difficult searches, recruiting operations, analytics, process improvement, compliance, candidate experience, and employer-brand initiatives. Partners with business leaders and HR stakeholders to align workforce needs with hiring strategies, coaches recruiters, improves recruiting technology and processes, and reports on hiring performance and talent risks.

Supports spacecraft assembly, integration, and testing at subassembly and vehicle levels. Develops assembly and test procedures, sets up and performs component and integrated tests, and documents final results. Tests may include load, vibration, thermal, and actuator testing. Diagnoses integration and testing issues and develops engineering solutions while collaborating cross-functionally on lunar landers and other spaceflight projects.

Design, implement, maintain, test, and assess flight software for spacecraft. Integrate software with hardware, develop unit and integration tests, evaluate I/O performance, and coordinate high-level feature testing. The role requires C/C++ development, communications protocol knowledge, strong software quality practices, and collaboration with hardware engineering teams in a fast-paced spaceflight environment.