Water Treatment Technician, Solar Cells (Starlink)

The role

You will operate and monitor ultrapure water and wastewater treatment systems. You will maintain equipment performance and reliability for Starlink production facilities.

What you will do

• Operate and monitor UPW systems including reverse osmosis, electrodeionization, UV disinfection, and filtration
• Manage wastewater treatment processes including pH neutralization, evaporators, clarification, and crystallizers
• Perform routine preventative maintenance, calibration, and troubleshooting on pumps, valves, sensors, membranes, and control systems
• Conduct daily water quality sampling, analysis, and data logging
• Respond to alarms and implement corrective actions
• Collaborate with manufacturing, EHS, and engineering teams
• Ensure adherence to OSHA, EPA, and SpaceX safety protocols
• Execute startup and shutdown procedures for production equipment
• Identify equipment and process deviations and perform corrective actions
• Use technical documents to maintain hardware inventory and procurement of spares

Required qualifications

• High school degree or equivalency certificate
• 2+ years of experience working in a hands-on technical position OR an associate’s degree in a STEM field
• Must be open to work all shifts, overtime and/or weekends as needed
• Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs. unassisted
• Must be able to walk and stand for long periods of time
• Must be comfortable working in a production environment with extensive use of hazardous chemicals
• Must be able to wear appropriate PPE
• Must be able to climb ladders, grasp, stand, lift, bend, pull, push, stoop, stretch, carry, crawl, and maneuver in tight spaces

Nice to have

• Proficiently use a computer and MS Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• 3+ years of hands on experience in UPW production and/or industrial wastewater treatment
• Experience in a chemical manufacturing or oil/gas industry
• Strong knowledge of water chemistry, ion exchange, RO/EDI systems, and wastewater technologies
• Proficiency with water quality instrumentation and basic PLC troubleshooting
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment or wet lab
• Experience with process parameters and engineering units
• Ability to read and understand P&ID and schematic wiring diagrams
• Experience with mechanical equipment and systems requiring disassembly and repair
• Experience with lock out tag out, job hazard analysis, hot work permitting

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. Starlink is a low latency, broadband internet system enabled by a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites.