Controls Technician – Instrumentation & Data Systems

SpaceX; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Wisconsin seeks a Controls Technician to support building and maintaining data and control systems, including data collection hardware, wiring, interfaces, and sensors, to enable safe, low-cost, reliable test access.

The role involves calibrating, configuring, testing, troubleshooting, and repairing instrumentation and electrical systems; reading schematics; and collaborating with design engineers to solve test data issues.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in instrumentation or related field with 3+ years of experience.
• Experience with pressure transducers, thermocouples, valves, flow meters, multimeters or oscilloscopes.
• Ability to read schematics and wiring diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Perform instrumentation and data acquisition tasks for tests.
• Calibrate, configure, monitor, test, troubleshoot, install, and repair instrumentation and electrical systems.
• Investigate, diagnose, and document malfunctions in instrumentation or systems.
• Analyze calibration results and assist interpretation of test data.
• Read planning documents, schematics, and engineering drawings and wire panels.
• Collaborate with design engineers to troubleshoot failures from test data.

Skills

Instrumentation

Data acquisition

Electrical systems

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

Troubleshooting

Wiring

Education

Associate degree in instrumentation

Tools

SCXI

PXI

GPIB

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

DC power supplies

Job description

SpaceX in Wisconsin seeks a Controls Technician to support building and maintaining data and control systems, including data collection hardware, wiring, interfaces, and sensors, to enable safe, low-cost, reliable test access.

The role involves calibrating, configuring, testing, troubleshooting, and repairing instrumentation and electrical systems; reading schematics; and collaborating with design engineers to solve test data issues.