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Test Stand Maintenance Technician

SpaceX· Texas - Test Infrastructure Maintenance
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McGregor, TXfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Maintenance technicians support the build, activation, modification, and reliability of fluid and mechanical systems at rocket test stands. They perform corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance, troubleshoot hardware, and provide design feedback to drive improvements across the test site in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Modify and maintain test stands and ground support equipment that support testing of fully integrated flight vehicles, individual rocket engines, and various rocket components
  • Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair hardware associated with rocket test stand systems, typically part of fluid, structural, and mechanical subsystems
  • Maintain structural/mechanical systems and related components such as rollers, bearings, rams, and similar items
  • Maintain fluid systems and related components such as process piping, pumps, valves, filters, and similar items
  • Collaborate with design and operations engineers to maintain systems in peak operating condition, provide feedback on designs and operations, and promote continual improvement of ground support equipment
  • Develop novel methods to streamline and increase the reliability of internal processes across the entire test site
  • Follow all regulations and appropriate SpaceX procedures, including quality policies, safety policies, OSHA, EPA, NIOSH, NFPA, ASME, NEC, and other standards

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalency certificate
  • 3+ years of experience working with hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, electrical, cryogenic, high-pressure gas, or data systems

Skills

Required:Hydraulic systemsPneumatic systemsElectrical systemsMechanical systems
Nice to have:HVAC and vacuum knowledgeProcess instrumentationCMMS/ERP experience
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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