Industrial Automation & Controls Technician — On-Site Starbase

Starlink; Texas; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an Automation & Controls Technician to join the Starbase infrastructure team in Texas. You will install, troubleshoot, and maintain instrumentation, automation, and SCADA systems for critical power, HVAC, utility, and fluids systems supporting launch and production operations.

You will read drawings, configure PLC/HMI/SCADA, and wire panels to NFPA standards, while supporting upgrades with minimal operational impact.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• 1+ years installing, troubleshooting, and maintaining instrumentation, automation, or controls systems.
• 1+ years using hand tools and working from schematics on 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 with stainless/aluminum piping, valves, regulators, sensors.
• Connect, verify, calibrate, and troubleshoot pressure transducers, thermocouples, and other sensors; complete wiring of electrical ground support equipment.
• Configure and commission PLC, HMI, and SCADA applications in a high-reliability environment.
• Update and troubleshoot electrical and pneumatic schematics (EPLAN, Schematics, etc.).
• Assemble and wire industrial control panels to NFPA 79 / NEC / UL 508A and install power-system controls per NFPA/IEEE.

Skills

Instrumentation experience

Troubleshooting

Electrical wiring

Mechanical aptitude

Education

High school diploma

Tools

EPLAN

AutoCAD

Ignition

Allen-Bradley

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an Automation & Controls Technician to join the Starbase infrastructure team in Texas. You will install, troubleshoot, and maintain instrumentation, automation, and SCADA systems for critical power, HVAC, utility, and fluids systems supporting launch and production operations.

You will read drawings, configure PLC/HMI/SCADA, and wire panels to NFPA standards, while supporting upgrades with minimal operational impact.