Equipment Maintenance Technician (Starship)

The role

The Equipment Maintenance Technician maintains and repairs critical assets to support Starship operations. This role involves performing preventative and corrective maintenance on complex automation systems in manufacturing environments.

What you will do

• Maintain and repair all assets to ensure their proper operating condition
• Provide preventative and corrective maintenance on various complex automation systems
• Troubleshoot and repair control & electrical system failures involving PLCs, HMIs, servomotors, servo amplifiers, input/output, field sensors
• Troubleshoot and repair various machine tool hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Troubleshoot and repair automated tool mechanical systems
• Drive forklifts and company vehicles
• Perform other related duties to ensure an efficient and effective work environment

Required qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate
• 2+ years of maintenance technician experience
• 2+ years of experience with hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, and/or electrical repair
• Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary
• Stand: Up to 10 hours per day
• Sit: Up to 3 hours per day
• Push/Pull: Up to 75lbs. (unassisted) 2 hours or longer per day
• Overhead reach: Up to 1 hour per day
• Walk: Up to 3 hours per day
• Lift/Carry: Up to 50lbs. (unassisted) 2 hours or longer per day
• Climb (ladder/stairs): up to 3 hours per day
• Kneel/Crouch: up to 3 hours per day

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline
• 5+ years of experience as a maintenance technician or field service engineer
• 5+ years experience repairing, troubleshooting, and/or commissioning overhead crane equipment
• Experience installing, aligning and commissioning automated production cells in aerospace environment
• Experience accessing and modifying Siemens control logic or similar PLC architectures
• Experience in the application & operation of precision machine tools in aerospace manufacturing environment
• Experience with CAD and/or mechanical design
• Experience operating a forklift and other related inventory equipment
• Ability to read and interpret electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic schematics and drawings
• Ability to write detailed repair reports (advanced MS Office skills)

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
• May be required to complete a pre-employment questionnaire and/or physical

About the company

SpaceX is developing technologies to enable human life on Mars. The company was founded on the belief that a future where humanity explores the stars is more exciting than one where we are not.