Automation & Controls Technician: Industrial SCADA & Fluids

SpaceX; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX's Starbase facility in Texas is seeking an Automation & Controls Technician to install, troubleshoot, and maintain instrumentation and control systems for power, HVAC, utility, and fluids supporting launch and production.

You will work from field devices to PLC/SCADA, fabricate piping and wire panels, calibrate sensors, and support system upgrades in a high-reliability environment. Strong hands-on skills and schematic literacy are essential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency.
• 1+ years hands-on installing, troubleshooting, and maintaining instrumentation, automation, or controls systems.
• 1+ years using mechanical and/or electronics hand tools, including piping, valves, sensors, or control wiring.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, operate, and maintain instrumentation, automation, control, and SCADA systems for infrastructure, utility, and fluids systems.
• Fabricate and install fluid-system components from schematics and drawings, including piping, valves, and sensors.
• Connect, verify, calibrate, and troubleshoot sensors and transducers; wire ground support equipment.
• Configure and commission PLC, HMI, and SCADA applications in high-reliability environments.
• Update and troubleshoot electrical and pneumatic schematics (EPLAN, Schematics).
• Assemble and wire control panels to NFPA 79 / NEC / UL 508A and install power-system controls per NFPA/NESC/IEEE.
• Perform high-pressure liquid and pneumatic testing; repair issues during activation/production.
• Support upgrades, commissioning, testing, hand-off, and training as systems scale.
• Read drawings, data sheets, BOMs; keep SCADA and as-built docs current.
• Provide engineers with feedback on operation and maintenance; write short work instructions.
• Support SOWs and contractor work to keep pace; train junior technicians.
• Plan and finish weekly work with minimal impact to operations.

Skills

Industrial instrumentation

Automation controls

Fluid systems

Pneumatic/hydraulic fabrication

Welding

Calibrated instruments

Heavy equipment operation

Certifications

Ignition HMI

SCADA systems

Ladder logic (IEC-61131)

IT/OT networking

Modbus & industrial protocols

CAD tools

Scripting (C#, Python, SQL)

Education

High school diploma or equivalency

Tools

EPLAN

AutoCAD

Job description

SpaceX's Starbase facility in Texas is seeking an Automation & Controls Technician to install, troubleshoot, and maintain instrumentation and control systems for power, HVAC, utility, and fluids supporting launch and production.

You will work from field devices to PLC/SCADA, fabricate piping and wire panels, calibrate sensors, and support system upgrades in a high-reliability environment. Strong hands-on skills and schematic literacy are essential.