Satellite Vehicle Integration and Launch Campaign Senior Engineer

Join our mission

At Millennium Space Systems (a Boeing company), you won’t just build satellites—you’ll accelerate the future of national security space. We design and deliver agile small spacecraft that perform when it counts, from missile warning to Earth observation. If you’re driven to improve, collaborate, and innovate, this is your launch pad.

Your impact

As the senior engineer leading Assembly, Test & Launch Operations (ATLO), you will convert designs into flight-ready, constellation-scale spacecraft. You’ll orchestrate integration flows, write and approve procedures, lead system-level and environmental testing, and take spacecraft through launch integration—while raising the bar on quality, speed, and safety.

How you’ll succeed

1. Lead end-to-end builds: Own planning and execution from assembly through launch, maintaining technical excellence and delivery targets.
2. Design for manufacturability: Review drawings/schematics early, feed improvements into proposals and design cycles, and optimize for large-scale constellations.
3. Decisive troubleshooting: Partner with technicians, inspectors, and engineers in the cleanroom; resolve non-conformances and enact corrective actions with clear go/no-go calls.
4. System mastery: Integrate, test, and debug development platforms to craft high-quality test and assembly procedures and deepen system knowledge.
5. Authority and ownership: Serve as signature authority on procedures, process plans, and new program initiatives.
6. Test and launch leadership: Run EMI/C, dynamics, and TVAC campaigns; execute launch integration while balancing overarching plans, staffing, and schedules.
7. Continuous improvement: Drive throughput gains, reduce build hours and defects, and streamline complex processes using data-driven methods.
8. Metrics that matter: Apply statistical and analytical tools to monitor team and product execution performance.

Role family/internal code: Systems Engineer. Openings at Levels 3 and 4.

Culture and schedule

We’re a hands-on, high-accountability team that balances precision with speed. To meet mission timelines, we operate a rotating shift model:

• Employees may work various shifts on a rotating basis; one shift per day. Shift times can change and additional shifts may be added as needed.
• Each shift is 9.5 hours with a 0.5-hour lunch, aligning to a 9/80 calendar—every other Friday is a non-working day.
• Standard shift times:
  • First Shift: 0600 – 1530
  • Second Shift: 1430 – 0000
• Current posting indicates 1st shift; flexibility is valued for surge milestones and launch campaigns.

Qualifications

Required

• BS in Engineering or related field.
• Typically 5+ years of relevant experience via accredited study in engineering, engineering technology (incl. manufacturing engineering technology), computer science, engineering data science, mathematics, physics, or chemistry—or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years in manufacturing, mechanical, electrical, test, or materials/process engineering within Aerospace, Automotive, or Commercial industries.
• Expertise in at least one: medium-rate production (10–100 complex products/year), mechanical integration, electrical testing, spacecraft integration, program leadership, industrial operations, or systems engineering.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance (U.S. Citizenship required).

Preferred

• 7+ years in space systems and knowledge of satellite manufacturing standards and concepts.
• Experience authoring production work instructions and procedures for critical aerospace parts.
• Hands-on with NI LabVIEW, DAQ hardware, power supplies, signal analyzers, multimeters.
• Version control and software fundamentals; Python, C++, Linux; and network architecture.
• Strong analytics: statistics, data analysis, cost/benefit, BI, visualization (PowerBI, Tableau).
• Tools and systems: MRP/ERP, Jira, MS Project, MES, Teamcenter/PLM, configuration management.
• CAD proficiency and fluency with engineering drawings.
• Excellent written/verbal communication; confident presenter to teams, customers, and leadership.
• Experience with a union-represented workforce.
• Willingness to support different shifts, travel to launch/integration sites, and surge needs.
• Active TS/SCI.

Compensation, benefits, and timing

Millennium’s Total Rewards are designed to attract and retain top talent: competitive base pay, variable compensation opportunities, and a robust benefits portfolio (medical, FSA/HSA, retirement, life and disability insurance, paid and unpaid time off). Specific options vary by location, hire date, and applicable collective bargaining agreements. Pay is based on experience, qualifications, and market/business factors.

• Level 3: $119,000 - $177,000
• Level 4: $146,000 - $215,000

Apply by:May. 13, 2026

Additional information

• Education: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required
• Relocation: Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.
• Security Clearance: Ability to obtain U.S. Security Clearance; interim and/or final U.S. Top Secret Clearance post-start required.
• Export Control: This role is subject to U.S. export control requirements. A U.S. Person as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required. US based job, US Person required
• Special access/ITAR: Millennium is DDTC-registered and ITAR-compliant. Work is performed at a facility requiring special access. Applicants must be U.S. citizens eligible for a clearance and willing to apply for and maintain it.
• Conflict of Interest: Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process

Legal statements

**Drug Free Workplace:

Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.