
Controls Technician (Starship) - Level 4/5
SpaceX · Starbase, TX
- Level
- Technician
- Team
- Controls
- Travel
- 20%
- Degree
- Required
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A technician-level controls role at SpaceX (aerospace & defense) in Starbase, TX. Adjust, repair, or replace faulty components of ground hardware, test, and integration equipment.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required
- Tools it names
- Welding
- Day to day
- about 20% travel
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How this role compares
Against 26 other live controls postings in Texas.
- Experience asked
- More than usual (5+ vs 3+)
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- PLC 59%
- Automation 59%
- Robotics 30%
- Root cause 22%
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This plant: SpaceX in Starbase
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Responsibilities
- ◆Read and interpret planning documents, schematics, datasheets/manuals, drawings, blueprints, and engineering sketches
- ◆Adjust, repair, or replace faulty components of ground hardware, test, and integration equipment
- ◆Fabricate and install parts and systems used in launch environments using hand tools, power tools, and test instruments
- ◆Connect and verify pressure transducers, thermocouples, and other sensors
- ◆Install connectors, connector pins, terminals, and lugs
- ◆Complete necessary wiring of the electrical ground support equipment for ground systems
- ◆Collaborate with launch engineers to troubleshoot failures and issues derived from launch activities
- ◆Lay out, build, test, troubleshoot, repair, and modify wiring of electronics racks and junction boxes
- ◆Perform maintenance tasks as required in a variety of roles for vehicle integration, pad maintenance, site preventative maintenance, general facilities, and any other general maintenance work as required to maintain an operational launch site
Qualifications
- ✓High school diploma or equivalency certificate
- ✓5+ years of experience as a mechanic, technician, electrician, or construction worker
Preferred skills and experience
- ✓3+ years of experience using power tools in a professional capacity
- ✓1+ years of experience with electronic system assembly and construction
- ✓3+ years of experience working with any of the following instrumentation: resistance temperature devices (RTDs), thermocouples, strain gages, load cells, displacement transducers, pressure transducers
- ✓Experience working at a rocket launch facility and supporting launch campaigns
- ✓Basic knowledge of Wheatstone bridge theory, ability to apply Ohm’s law, and an understanding of direct current (DC) electronics
- ✓Associate degree in instrumentation, control technology, electrical systems, or another related field
- ✓Experience working in corrosive environments and mitigation techniques
- ✓Operational knowledge of an oscilloscope, multimeter, soldering wires, connectors
- ✓System-level troubleshooting skills and the ability to logically solve instrumentation system problems and determine corrective action
- ✓Knowledge of signal conditioning concepts for various types of sensors to include the following: Thermocouple Types K, S, and E; TC bonding concepts: resistance weld-on and adhesive bond-on types; TC probes through thermowell sheaths; cold Junction compensation concepts
- ✓Experience with the following devices: DC power supplies; DC-DC converters; uninterruptable power supply (UPS) installations; heat shrink tubing, cable harnessing, lacing, and proper strain relief concepts
- ✓Working knowledge of transducers, operational amplifiers, and measurement techniques for temperature, pressure, flow, displacement, vibration, and the application strain gages
- ✓Working knowledge of multiple bus architectures and data communication technologies
- ✓Intermediate skill level using Windows operating systems
- ✓Intermediate skill level using Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, OneNote)
- ✓Knowledge of data acquisition concepts, hardware, and interfacing (SCXI and PXI based)
Requirements
- ✓Ability to work multiple shifts and change shifts with minimal notice; flexibility required
- ✓Ability to travel to different sites, as needed, up to 20% travel
- ✓Ability to perform job duties that require standing, kneeling, crouching, twisting the upper body, working in cramped positions in small openings, and climbing hand-over-hand
- ✓Typically exposed to work in extreme outdoor environments – heat, cold, rain
- ✓Work performed in an environment requiring exposure to fumes, odors, and noise
- ✓Stand: Up to 10 hours per day
- ✓Sit: Up to 10 hours per day
- ✓Push/Pull: Up to 75lbs. (unassisted) between 1 to 2 hours per day
- ✓Overhead reach: Up to 10 hours per day
- ✓Walk: Up to 10 hours per day
- ✓Lift/Carry: Up to ≤ 50 lbs. (unassisted) between 1 to 2 hours per day
- ✓Climb (ladder/stairs): Up to 6 hours per day
- ✓Kneel/Crouch: Up to 10 hours per day
- ✓Upper body twist: Up to 6 hours per day
- ✓Ability to work in temperatures over 80 degrees for 6 hours or greater per day
- ✓Candidate must be capable of safely working at heights (up to 500ft), in confined spaces, operating heavy equipment and machinery, and performing the physical
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of the job listed in the job description. Candidate may be required to complete a pre-employment questionnaire and/or physical to confirm these capabilities, which may include a medical history review.
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- ✓To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here .
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and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
Applicants wishing to view a copy of SpaceX’s Affirmative Action Plan for veterans and individuals with disabilities, or applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should reach out to EEOCompliance@spacex.com .
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