Sr. Mission Integration Engineer

Sr. Mission Integration Engineer

Department: Vehicle Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Hawthorne, California

Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab) is pioneering new ways to explore and operate on distant planetary bodies. We are singularly focused on designing, building, and operating a fleet of multi-purpose commercial planetary rovers to extend and enhance humanity’s presence in the solar system. We are seeking motivated, creative, and exceptional people to join our world-class team. Our design team works collaboratively to design and implement exceptional engineering solutions to enable off planet exploration.

As a Senior Mission Integration Engineer within that team, you play a key role developing technologies and bridging the gaps between design disciplines and business units.

• The discovery, development, maturation and eventual integration of rover applicable technologies with government and commercial partners.
• Cross discipline coordination and integration of design efforts.
• Supporting business development in proposal responses, customer development and market exploration, leveraging a comprehensive overview of technical capabilities of the rover.
• Supporting the rover payloads customer team from a technical integration standpoint.

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant Engineering field (Mechanical, Aerospace, etc.). Masters preferred.
• 5+ years experience in cross functional teams with a demonstrated history of making a meaningful impact within these teams, 10 years preferred.

• A history of developing new technologies, approaches or implementations to solve problems or improve performance in an engineering environment.
• Experience in the application of modelling tools and experimental methods to analyze engineering problems with an understanding of applicability, correlation and actionable outcomes.
• Experience with technology development in an expedited timeline environment.
• A demonstrated understanding of technology development timelines relates to a product offering such as a rover, where we are now, where we are going next, what is the future after that? How do we prepare, plan and execute on that development plan.
• A genuine demonstration of engineering curiosity, learning about new fields of technology and working out how to apply them to solve problems.

• Join a team of best-in-class engineers building the foundation of planetary surface exploration
• Equity ownership in the company
• Comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and mental health support
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Flexible PTO and parental leave
• Home office set up reimbursement
• Weekly lunch stipend, plus complimentary snacks and beverages on-site
• Once a month social hour on-site with food and drinks