Development Test Technician - 2nd Shift Hardware

Development Test Technician - 2nd Shift Lead hands-on testing and integration of aerospace test equipment at Starbase, Texas facilities

Location:

Starbase, Texas

Starbase, TX

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

Development Test Technician - 2nd Shift

Test technicians for the Starbase Structures team are highly multidisciplinary, and this individual will be tasked with a wide variety of test operations and test equipment fabrication work. The team consists of technicians and engineers working closely together to build mechanical and fluid assemblies, modify and integrate test articles, build data and control systems, and support testing operations.

Responsibilities:

• Build, modify, and troubleshoot new or existing test equipment, ranging from fluid systems, mechanical assemblies, data and control systems, and instrumentation
• Fabricate high-pressure fluid panels, plumbing, and hydraulic manifolds, including tube fabrication and routing, cleaning, proofing, and activating
• Install instrumentation, build and route harnessing, and troubleshoot instrumentation and wiring issues
• Build, operate, and troubleshoot hydraulic systems, including pumps, actuators, servos, winches, etc.
• Assemble, modify, and inspect test articles, including structural fabrication (precision drilling, doublers, brackets, blending, painting, bonding, etc.), leak detection, non-destructive testing, and instrumentation installation (strain gauges)
• Participate in rigging and crane operations for test equipment and test articles, including hangar bridge cranes and mobile crane lifts
• Build and modify data and control systems, ranging from small mobile DAQs to large data and control infrastructure for test stands with thousands of channels
• Maintain, calibrate, configure, monitor, test, troubleshoot, install, and repair instrumentation, process controls, data acquisition systems, and electrical systems
• Participate in test operations, including configuration of high-pressure, hazardous, and cryogenic fluid systems, connecting hydraulic actuators and instrumentation, controlling hazardous areas, troubleshooting instrumentation and test hardware, and monitoring test video and data

Basic Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate
• 3+ years of experience with one or more of the following: working with and troubleshooting mechanical systems, high-pressure fluid systems, instrumentation (strain gauges, load cells, temperature sensors, deflection gauges, accelerometers, or pressure transducers), data and control systems, or test operations on mechanical or electrical systems

Preferred

Skills and Experience:

• Ability to rapidly change roles and responsibilities, and learn new skills while working in a fast-paced and challenging work environment
• Associate degree in an engineering, mechanical, electrical systems, or other related field
• A&P license
• Computer skills, including experience using Microsoft Office, Teamcenter, NX
• Experience reading/interpreting planning documents, schematics, wiring diagrams, specifications, drawings, manuals, blueprints, and engineering sketches
• Experience with aerospace testing (propulsion, structural, etc.)
• Experience in airframe structural repair
• Experience with hydraulic plumbing repair/fabrication
• Experience with non-destructive inspection equipment and techniques
• Experience with precision measuring instruments/equipment
• Knowledge of various fittings (NPT, MS, AN, Swagelok, medium pressure)
• Knowledge of various fasteners…