PCB Maintenance Engineer – Starlink Systems

SpaceX; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Maintenance Engineer, PCB (STARLINK) to help maximize asset uptime in our high‑volume Starlink production environment. You will collaborate with project engineering and production teams to install, maintain, and continuously improve critical equipment and systems.

The role requires a mechanical/electrical foundation, experience with CMMS tools, and a hands‑on, detail‑oriented approach to troubleshoot, predict failures, and drive reliability initiatives that reduce downtime

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, aerospace, systems, or manufacturing engineering.
• 1+ years in an engineering role in manufacturing, integration, reliability, technical program management, or operations.
• Advanced degrees in engineering with reliability analysis or related research/internships (preferred).
• Experience in high-volume manufacturing, testing, or operations (preferred).
• Familiarity with CMMS programs (Maximo, SAP, Infor).
• Hands-on with equipment control systems, machinery, and industrial automation.

Responsibilities

• Work with project engineering to ensure the reliability and sustainability of new and modified installations.
• Guide efforts to ensure consistency and maintainability of critical equipment, processes, utilities, facilities, controls, and safety/security systems.
• Own equipment improvement plans for more responsive and developed preventative maintenance strategies, equipment effectiveness, and minimization of production downtime.
• Define, design, develop, monitor, and refine an asset maintenance plan that includes value-added preventive maintenance tasks, minimization of high-cost low-value repairs, effective utilization of predictive, and other non-destructive testing methodologies.
• Prepare asset documentation package for review of system mechanical design, controls, and software.
• Develop engineering solutions to repetitive failures and equipment-specific problems that adversely affect plant operations including capacity, quality, cost, or regulatory compliance issues.
• Work with production to perform analyses of assets including asset utilization rate, overall equipment effectiveness, remaining useful life, operational restrictions, and other parameters that define the operating condition, reliability, and costs of assets.
• Provide technical support to production, maintenance management, and technical personnel.
• Manage production requests for asset improvement, control functions, and data collection.
• Apply value analysis to repair/replace, repair/redesign, and make/buy decisions.

Skills

Problem solving

Industrial automation

Reading schematics

Statistical methods

Attention to detail

Urgency / ownership

Education

Bachelor's in mechanical engineering

Bachelor's in electrical engineering

Bachelor's in aerospace engineering

Bachelor's in systems engineering

Bachelor's in manufacturing engineering

CRE or CMRP certification

Tools

CMMS Maximo

CMMS SAP

CMMS Infor

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Maintenance Engineer, PCB (STARLINK) to help maximize asset uptime in our high‑volume Starlink production environment. You will collaborate with project engineering and production teams to install, maintain, and continuously improve critical equipment and systems.

The role requires a mechanical/electrical foundation, experience with CMMS tools, and a hands‑on, detail‑oriented approach to troubleshoot, predict failures, and drive reliability initiatives that reduce downtime