Production Technician, Gateways (Starlink)

The role

Technicians will help with the full-scale production of Starlink Gateways. This involves building and testing mechanical and electrical gateway components.

What you will do

• Execute startup and shutdown procedures for production equipment
• Build and test mechanical/electrical gateway components and perform wire harnessing work
• Own mechanical/electrical subassemblies and integration of final vehicle assemblies
• Read, interpret, and follow technical documents such as manufacturing work instructions
• Run functional testing of built hardware including setup, instrumentation, test execution, and teardown
• Perform test setups to support thermal, shock, and vibration test regimes
• Provide feedback on failure modes and support engineering to drive root cause of yield limiters
• Recommend improvements to manufacturing processes
• Ensure production equipment is maintained and calibrated
• Perform preventative maintenance on test equipment and data acquisition systems

Required qualifications

• High school degree or equivalency certificate
• 1+ years of experience working in a hands-on technical position OR an associate degree in a STEM field
• Willing to work all shifts, overtime, and weekends as needed
• Standing for long periods, climbing up and down ladders, bending, grasping, sitting, pulling, pushing, stooping, and stretching
• Able to lift up to 25lbs. unassisted

Nice to have

• 3+ years of experience in electro-mechanical assembly, integration, or mechanical assembly
• Proficient in using a PC, Microsoft Windows, and the Microsoft Office suite
• Ability to read, interpret, and work from layout drawings, mechanical drawings, assembly procedures, schematics, engineering drawings, and parts lists
• Experience working in an electro-mechanical manufacturing, precision manufacturing, or high-volume manufacturing company
• Electro-mechanical assembly and prototype development experience
• Experience setting up and conducting tests and experiments
• IPC and/or J-STD certification

Before you apply

• Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

About the company

SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. They are developing a low latency, broadband internet system called Starlink.