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Get in on the ground floor as an early member of our System Integration and Test team as a System Integration and Test Lead developing a revolutionary satellite communications system. Connect the vision to the hardware, build it, test it and fly it.\nAscendArc is a startup founded to revolutionize the satellite communications industry. We are looking for doers who want to work in a ground-breaking and fast-paced environment. Our success will depend on your energy, skill, and creativity.\nResponsibilities\nAs System Integration and Test Lead you are the integration and verification technical authority for the program. You will own the FlatSat architecture and the assembly, integration, and test (AIT) campaign flow, own hardware/software integration and the ground-test interface, and own the EGSE strategy and verification execution. You will carry the early bench work yourself before the EGSE engineer comes on, and you will coordinate the technicians and test interns who support integration. Your work follows a build-once, mature-forward philosophy: the test sequences, EGSE, and procedures you create on the FlatSat become the baseline for AIT on flight hardware. The role extends to the launch site campaign - shipment, fueling, final integration, encapsulation, and the range interface - where you run the spacecraft side at the range while the mission operations lead mans the control center.\nQualifications\n8+ years of spacecraft integration and test experience and B.S. or M.S. in Aerospace, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering \nDemonstrated ownership of an AIT or FlatSat campaign, including integration flow, EGSE strategy, and verification execution \nHands-on experience with hardware/software integration and ground-test interfaces (CAN, 1553, SpaceWire, or similar) \nExperience planning and executing spacecraft-level test campaigns and, ideally, supporting a launch-site campaign \nStrong organizational and leadership skills; able to coordinate technicians, EGSE, and test automation into a coherent campaign \nBase Salary\nThe base salary range for this position is $160,000-210,000/year. 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