Tool & Die Maintenance Engineer – CNC, EDM & Upgrades

InvestedintheMission; Bastrop (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX in Bastrop, TX is seeking a Machine Maintenance Engineer for the Tool and Die shop. You will lead maintenance technicians, troubleshoot complex tool & die equipment, and drive reliability on CNC/EDM machines to keep die builds flowing.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership of improvement projects, collaboration with engineering teams, and implementation of predictive maintenance. Candidates should have engineering degree and hands-on factory experience, with readiness for extended

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering and 1+ year of manufacturing experience.
• Willing to work extended hours, weekends, and travel up to 10%.
• Experience with CNC/EDM/grinders preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead maintenance technicians to troubleshoot and resolve technically complex machine-tool failures
• Perform root cause analysis and action corrective measures to address equipment, process, and behavioral gaps
• Develop and execute complex improvement projects to maximize machine availability in the Tool and Die shop
• Collaborate with tooling engineering, manufacturing engineering, and automation and controls to build reliability and maintenance access into new equipment and machine upgrades up front, and propose design adjustments
• Provide leadership for utilization of computerized maintenance management systems
• Implement predictive tools (vibration analysis, spindle and axis monitoring, cycle monitoring) and fold them into a proactive reliability-centered maintenance program for shop equipment
• Complete hands-on in-depth repairs of mechanical, electrical, fluid, pneumatic, and control-system failures on CNC, EDM, and other shop equipment
• Coordinate internal and third-party resources to scope and execute repairs, overhauls, and equipment upgrade projects (machine-tool OEMs, rebuild shops, crane and facilities vendors)
• Leverage feedback from maintenance technicians to drive improvements to work instructions and processes
• Coordinate with internal equipment reliability, tooling engineering, and automation and controls teams to design and implement machine upgrades
• Create, modify, and update preventative maintenance instructions to eliminate recurring failures or low-value tasks
• Interface with engineering, quality, production, and procurement to resolve hold factors that keep a machine or a die job blocked
• Build optimized machine spare-parts lists, min/max levels, inventory, and parts criticality analysis for Tool and Die capital equipment
• Attend new equipment design reviews to provide maintenance and reliability feedback and support initial preventative-maintenance and bill-of-materials build-out

Skills

Troubleshooting

Root cause analysis

Project coordination

Interpersonal skills

Critical thinking

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

Tools

MRP/ERP

CMMS

GD&T

Schematic reading

P&ID interpretation

Job description

SpaceX in Bastrop, TX is seeking a Machine Maintenance Engineer for the Tool and Die shop. You will lead maintenance technicians, troubleshoot complex tool & die equipment, and drive reliability on CNC/EDM machines to keep die builds flowing.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership of improvement projects, collaboration with engineering teams, and implementation of predictive maintenance. Candidates should have engineering degree and hands-on factory experience, with readiness for extended