Controls Technician: Data & Instrumentation Specialist

Starlink; kopernik shores, tx, usa; On-site; USD 65,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX seeks a Controls Technician to support data and control systems, instrumentation, and electrical systems used in testing and development for spaceflight applications. You will install, calibrate, diagnose, and repair sensors, transducers, and control hardware, and help interpret test data to improve reliability and safety.

The role requires hands-on experience with instrumentation and data acquisition, plus ability to read schematics and wiring diagrams, perform wiring, and collaborate

Qualifications

• Associate degree in instrumentation, control technology, electrical systems (3+ years of related experience can substitute for a degree).
• Experience with instrumentation such as pressure transducers, thermocouples, valves, flow meters, multimeters, or oscilloscopes.

Responsibilities

• Perform complex technical assignments involving instrumentation and data acquisition/processing systems.
• Maintain, calibrate, configure, monitor, test, troubleshoot, install, and repair instrumentation and electrical systems.
• Investigate and document malfunctions, analyze calibration results, and assist in interpreting test data.
• Lay out, build, test, troubleshoot, repair, and modify electrical units and systems.
• Configure data acquisition hardware and perform wire terminations; verify sensor health.
• Read schematics and wiring diagrams; collaborate with design engineers to troubleshoot failures.

Skills

Instrumentation

Data acquisition

Electrical systems

VFDs

DC electronics

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

Soldering

Education

Associate degree in instrumentation, control technology, electrical systems

Tools

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

Crimping tools

Soldering irons

DC power supplies

Job description

SpaceX seeks a Controls Technician to support data and control systems, instrumentation, and electrical systems used in testing and development for spaceflight applications. You will install, calibrate, diagnose, and repair sensors, transducers, and control hardware, and help interpret test data to improve reliability and safety.

The role requires hands-on experience with instrumentation and data acquisition, plus ability to read schematics and wiring diagrams, perform wiring, and collaborate