Industrial Automation & Controls Technician

Ativesite; Texas; On-site; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX’s Starbase infrastructure team seeks an Automation & Controls Technician to install, operate, and maintain instrumentation and controls for power, HVAC, utilities, and fluids systems supporting launch, production, and power-generation projects. You will work from field devices through PLC/SCADA, based at Starbase, TX, with potential travel to other facilities.

Responsibilities include configuring SCADA systems, wiring sensors, fabricating fluid-system components, and supporting upgrades

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 1+ years installing, troubleshooting, and maintaining instrumentation, automation, or controls systems.
• 1+ years using mechanical/electronic hand tools and reading schematics.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, operate, and maintain instrumentation, automation, control, and SCADA systems.
• Fabricate and install piping and components from drawings.
• Connect, verify, calibrate, and troubleshoot sensors and wiring.
• Configure PLC, HMI, and SCADA applications in production environments.
• Read and interpret drawings, BOMs, and engineering sketches.

Skills

Instrumentation

SCADA

PLC

Electrical wiring

HMI

Education

High school diploma

Tools

EPLAN

AutoCAD

Siemens

Job description

SpaceX’s Starbase infrastructure team seeks an Automation & Controls Technician to install, operate, and maintain instrumentation and controls for power, HVAC, utilities, and fluids systems supporting launch, production, and power-generation projects. You will work from field devices through PLC/SCADA, based at Starbase, TX, with potential travel to other facilities.

Responsibilities include configuring SCADA systems, wiring sensors, fabricating fluid-system components, and supporting upgrades