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Space Dynamics Laboratory Integration and Test Director in North Logan, Utah
Job ID: 19690
WHO WE ARE
With over 60 years of mission success, SDL is focused on serving our customers, enhancing our space-based capabilities, and developing leading-edge technologies. We are looking for a leader to direct the assembly, integration, and testing (AI&T) effort for a NASA mission dedicated to discovering and characterizing potentially hazardous asteroids and comets.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING TO HIRE
SDL is looking for someone with experience with space hardware, specifically the assembly, integration, and test campaign leading up to instrument delivery. This person will lead a team of highly technical engineers and technologists, coordinate daily activities, interface with internal and external stakeholders, and present at formal reviews. This person will follow established processes and develop specific procedures with care and precision to ensure successful payload completion and delivery for spacecraft integration.
Required Qualifications
10+ years of hardware-related activity in the space satellite/payload industry
Proven technical background one or more aspects of space hardware (mechanical, thermal, electrical, spacecraft, etc.)
Experience with space hardware AI&T
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, physics, or related field
Experience leading a team of 10
- Ability to generate and follow technical documentation
Meticulous record-keeping skills
Must be a US citizen, lawful permanent resident of the US, or other US Person
Preferred Qualifications
Previous experience leading space hardware AI&T efforts
At SDL, we take pride in and highly value our employees. SDL offers competitive salaries and fantastic benefits, including:
Flexible work schedules that fit your style—every Friday off, every other Friday off, hybrid remote work, or traditional hours
Generous paid leisure and sick leave, ensuring you never miss a special event
Favorable company locations with average commute times of less than 15 minutes
High-quality, low-cost health, dental, and life insurance
A 14.2% employer retirement contribution into a 401(a) account—no matching required!
Utah State University undergraduate tuition discounts of 50%, full reimbursement for graduate tuition, and free course audits for employees and dependents meeting eligibility requirements
A great, highly educated team that works together to solve some of the most fascinating problems on (and off) our planet
We are a growing company that maintains both a family feel and high retention rate with over 90% job satisfaction
Relocation assistance available for most positions
SDL supports a variety of missions, including NASA’s vision to reveal the unknown for the benefit of humankind and the Department of Defense’s aim to protect our nation on the ground, in the air, and in space. Our sensors, satellites, software systems, and science and engineering play an essential role in some important missions you’ve heard of, and others that you haven’t. Join our team in our seventh decade of delivering mission success.
For questions or assistance with the application process or the DoD SkillBridge program, please contact employment@sdl.usu.edu.
EOE including Disability and Vet
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