Instrumentation & Controls TechnicianActive

The opportunity

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

What you'll do

  • 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

What they're looking for

  • High school diploma or equivalency certificate
  • + years of experience working with instrumentation such as pressure: transducers, thermocouples, valves, flow meters, multimeters, or oscilloscopes
  • Experience working with any of the following instrumentation: resistance temperature devices (RTDs), silicon diode temperature devices, strain gauges, load cells, displacement transducers, pressure transducers, thermocouples, and flow meters (turbine, coriolis, and ultrasonic)
  • IPC 620 spec for harness assembly