Facilities Technician

Prineville, United States | Posted on 09/18/2026

The Facilities & Shop Technician supports Samson Sky operations and prototype vehicle development by participating in a respectful and collaborative workplace; maintaining safe, clean, orderly, and operational facilities and shop areas; caring for tools, equipment, parts, and consumables;troubleshooting facility, shop, and prototype systems; and assisting engineering, fabrication, assembly, and R&D testing activities. The position requires a can-do mindset, adaptability, accurate documentation,practical problem solving, and consistent attention to safety, cleanliness,reliability, accuracy, and work quality.

• Participate in a culture of respect for others and promote a collaborative environment.
• Maintain safe, clean, orderly, and operational facilities and shop areas in accordance with OSHA and company safety standards.
• Embrace changing priorities and approach facility, shop,and prototype needs with a can-do, solutions-focused mindset.
• Conduct routine facility and shop inspections; identify and address safety, maintenance, cleanliness, and operational deficiencies.
• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance and troubleshoot or repair mechanical, pneumatic, plumbing, lighting, and basic electrical systems within the employee’s training and authorization.
• Manage maintenance and shop tools, spare parts,consumables, and inventory; identify replenishment needs and support procurement or vendor coordination when assigned.
• Set up, operate as authorized, and maintain shop-support and fabrication equipment such as CNC machines, welders, lifts, and general fabrication tools.
• Support R&D operations, including test setup, teardown,equipment staging, workspace readiness, and data collection assistance.
• Work with engineering and fabrication teams to build, test,evaluate, and refine vehicle systems.
• Assist with prototype assembly, modification, fabrication,and integration, including structural, mechanical, and electrical systems.
• Complete assigned facility and prototype-build tasks in accordance with the project plan, drawings, instructions, and safety requirements.
• Maintain accurate inspection, maintenance, equipment,inventory, prototype-build, and test records.
• Coordinate facility access and provide on-site support for qualified vendors and service providers.
• Participate in facility and shop improvement projects,including layout changes, equipment installation, workspace modifications, and infrastructure upgrades.
• Communicate facility conditions, equipment failures, repair status, project progress, and operational limitations to affected personnel.

Clean, orderly, safe, and operational facilities and shopareas maintained with maximum clean/up time and minimum dirty/down time,together with well-documented and accurate prototype assembly, fabrication, and testing work completed.

• Percentage of facility and shop “clean/up time” compared with “dirty/down time.”
• Percentage of facility and build tasks completed on timemeasured against the project plan.
  
  Completion and accuracy of required inspection,maintenance, equipment, inventory, build, and test records.

• Personal and workplace cleanliness.
• Embrace change and a can-do mindset.
• Respectful communication and effective participation incollaborative work.
• Practical problem solving and sound judgment.
• Perseverance, responsibility, and follow-through.
• Orderliness, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Calm and consistent performance under changing or stressful conditions.
• Reliable attendance and readiness for duty.
• Initiative and a positive, solutions-focused attitude.
• Constructive feedback, fairness, empathy, and appreciation…