Thermal Protection Robotic Welding Technician

SpaceX_Global; Texas; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Texas seeks a Thermal Development Technician, Robotic Welding (Starship) to maintain and operate robotic assets and support heat shield manufacturing. You will perform electrical and mechanical replacements, support ceramic and thermal material fabrication, and document processes to ensure repeatability.

Ideal candidates have hands-on experience with CNCs and robotic welders, plus knowledge of electrical schematics.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate.
• Experience with various types of hand tools or hand-held power tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide maintenance on various equipment: vacuum chambers, thermal chambers, CNC machines, and robotic welders.
• Maintain, repair, and operate all robotic assets to ensure their proper operating condition.
• Replace and install electrical components such as switches, relays, contactors, transformers, rectifiers, circuit breakers, fuses, and sensors for temperature/pressure/position.
• Replace and install mechanical components such as bearings, bushings, motors, shafts, collars, couplings, pulleys, belts, gears, chains, rollers, pumps, valves, hoses, and o-rings on a variety of system equipment.
• Support the fabrication of ceramic refractory billets, ceramic tiles, thermal gap fillers, coatings, and other components required for a robust thermal protection system.
• Support basic fabrication, surface preparation, bonding, and oven curing operations.
• Document processes precisely to be able to replicate each step taken in the material processing
• Perform hardware inspection and rework as required

Skills

Robotics operation

Electrical troubleshooting

Schematic reading

Mechanical repair

Technical documentation

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Kuka robots

Fanuc robots

CNC machines

PLC programming

Job description

SpaceX in Texas seeks a Thermal Development Technician, Robotic Welding (Starship) to maintain and operate robotic assets and support heat shield manufacturing. You will perform electrical and mechanical replacements, support ceramic and thermal material fabrication, and document processes to ensure repeatability.

Ideal candidates have hands-on experience with CNCs and robotic welders, plus knowledge of electrical schematics.