Rising Controls Technician for Space Systems

SpaceX; McGregor (TX); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an Apprentice Controls Technician to support the build-up and maintenance of data and control systems. The role focuses on instrumentation, wiring harnesses, and test requirements to ensure safe and reliable access to space.

The apprentice will calibrate, troubleshoot, and repair instrumentation and electrical systems while learning from experienced technicians in a fast-paced, aerospace environment at SpaceX’s Texas site.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in instrumentation, control technology, electrical systems or related field.
• Experience working with instrumentation such as pressure transducers, thermocouples, valves, flow meters, multimeters, or oscilloscopes (experience from college program counts).

Responsibilities

• Maintain, calibrate, configure, monitor, test, troubleshoot, install, and repair instrumentation, process controls, data acquisition systems, and electrical systems.
• Investigate, diagnose, correct, and document instrumentation or system malfunctions.
• Lay out, build, test, troubleshoot, repair, and modify developmental and production electrical and electronic units, assemblies, components, parts, equipment, and systems.
• Perform wire terminations to a variety of instruments and verify sensor health: pressure transducers, thermocouples, valves, limits, and flow meters.
• Adjust, calibrate, align, and modify circuitry and components, and record effects on unit performance.
• Read and interpret planning documents, schematics, wiring diagrams, specifications, drawings, manuals, blueprints, and engineering sketches

Skills

Instrumentation experience

Electrical systems

Troubleshooting

Data acquisition

Wiring harnesses

Education

Associate's degree in instrumentation

Tools

Oscilloscope

Multimeter

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an Apprentice Controls Technician to support the build-up and maintenance of data and control systems. The role focuses on instrumentation, wiring harnesses, and test requirements to ensure safe and reliable access to space.

The apprentice will calibrate, troubleshoot, and repair instrumentation and electrical systems while learning from experienced technicians in a fast-paced, aerospace environment at SpaceX’s Texas site.