Automation & Controls Engineer, Starship Production

SpaceX; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Wisconsin is seeking an Automation & Controls Specialist (Starship) Level 4/5 to design, deploy and manage ground-up automation and controls projects in a high-reliability production environment. You will work with design engineers to bound project criteria, program PLCs, HMIs and SCADA, and lay out NFPA79/NEC/UL508A compliant panels while supporting launch operations.

Applicants should have hands-on experience in industrial electrical controls, be able to troubleshoot advanced

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience installing, troubleshooting, and maintaining automation and controls systems.
• Ability to design, deploy, and manage automation projects in a high-volume production environment.
• Experience programming PLC, HMI, and SCADA systems and creating industrial electrical control panels.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy, and manage ground-up automation and controls projects including initial trades, commissioning, hand-off, and training
• Deep drive process and project specifications for deliverables with design engineers to bound project criteria
• Design and commission PLC, HMI, and SCADA applications in a high-reliability production environment
• Design, redline, modify and correct electrical and pneumatic schematics using a mix of in-house and 3rd party tools (Eplan, schematics, etc.)
• Lay out new industrial electrical control panels which are NFPA79/NEC/UL508A compliant
• Create and update concise written and visual instructions from design review, technical drawings, and requirement documentation
• Audit manufacturing process - assessing process inefficiencies, safety improvements, and potential optimizations through the implementation of automation
• Develop SOW’s, bargain, trade, and release contractor work to enable the in-house build team to keep pace with production needs
• Proactively utilize JIRA to plan out & complete weekly scheduled tasks

Skills

Automation & controls

Robotics

PLC programming

HMI/SCADA

C#, .NET, Python, SQL

Electrical schematics

Tools

EPLAN

Job description

SpaceX in Wisconsin is seeking an Automation & Controls Specialist (Starship) Level 4/5 to design, deploy and manage ground-up automation and controls projects in a high-reliability production environment. You will work with design engineers to bound project criteria, program PLCs, HMIs and SCADA, and lay out NFPA79/NEC/UL508A compliant panels while supporting launch operations.

Applicants should have hands-on experience in industrial electrical controls, be able to troubleshoot advanced