Electrician, Starship Launch Pad - Night Shift

The role

The Electrician will install, maintain, and repair electrical and electronic components of machinery and equipment. This includes performing preventative maintenance on field, plant, and shop systems and troubleshooting electrical equipment.

What you will do

• Repair and replace defective parts in electrical fixtures
• Install, maintain, and repair electrical and electronic components of machinery and equipment, including hydraulic and pneumatic devices
• Perform preventative repair and maintenance of field, plant, and shop electronic and electrical systems, devices, equipment and components
• Install enhancements and major upgrades to plant electrical subsystems
• Perform work from instructions using blueprints, wiring diagrams, and schematics
• Test electrical circuits to ensure their operability
• Test wiring connections with test equipment like volt/ohmmeters, and oscilloscopes
• Troubleshoot electrical equipment such as motor control centers, transformers, switchboards, controllers, circuit breakers, motors, heating units, conduit systems, or other transmission equipment
• Support other facilities, security, recovery, and operation teams on special projects as needed
• Support directing small contract labor workforces

Required qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate
• 3+ years of professional experience as an electrician
• Must be willing to work night shift: 5PM – 3AM
• Ability to perform job duties that require standing, kneeling, crouching, twisting upper body, working in cramped positions in small opening and climbing hand over hand, lifting 35 lbs. unassisted, an
• Ability to work weekends and extended hours as needed
• Must have a valid driver’s license

Nice to have

• Experience leading people and projects
• Experienced in electrical and PLC controls
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of electrical power distribution systems, switchgear and motor control centers, exterior and interior lighting, ground support system controls and ladder logic, UPS
• Ability to use a variety of electrician’s hand tools including sawzall, conduit bender, clamp on current meter, and wire tugger, jig saw, hydraulic punch, hand punch, hack saw, multimeter, and spade l
• Experience with variable frequency drives (VFDs) and industrial pumps
• Experience with control panel design and production
• Working knowledge of power coordination and arc flash
• Excellent team-working skills
• Able to work on multiple tasks concurrently
• High level of self-motivation, with the ability to work under minimal supervision

Before you apply

• Ability to pass Air Force background check for Cape Canaveral
• 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 actively developing technologies to enable human life on Mars.