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Critical Lift Technician (Starship)

SpaceX· Starship Critical Lift & Transport
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Starbase, TXfull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Technician responsible for movement and maintenance of boosters, ships, and related GSE across multiple SpaceX launch sites, with emphasis on heavy lifting, rigging, fluid systems, and on-site risk mitigation to support Starship missions.

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for Booster/Ship and associated ground support equipment (GSE) movement across multiple launch sites
  • Perform preventative maintenance on mobile cranes, cranes, and SPMTs
  • Work with a team of technicians and engineers to ensure systems and equipment are maintained with the highest level of quality to support current and future manifest
  • Utilize heavy machinery (standard and high capacity forklifts, telehandlers, mobile hydraulic/crawler cranes, SPMTs, high reach man lifts, overhead cranes) to lift and move flight hardware and associated GSE after delivery and before shipping
  • Evaluate in-transit risks and provide on-site solutions to alleviate risk. Including routing, repairs, escorts, and drivers – including physical escorts across launch sites
  • Make recommendations to logistics management to improve the health, timing, and safety of all movements
  • Work with a team of technicians and engineers to ensure systems and mechanical equipment are built with the highest level of quality to support the successful launch of our multi-million dollar launch vehicle
  • Troubleshoot operational issues found on the vehicle press system
  • Maintain and install fluid system components from a schematic or drawing including ball and check valves, pressure regulators and gauges, etc.
  • Set up, inspect, operate, and perform maintenance on hydraulic self-propelled modular transporters, hydraulic booms and crawler cranes
  • Perform tear down and assembly of different configurations associated with Cranes and SPMTs

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalency certificate
  • 1+ years of experience on a critical lift team or a logistics/transport team

Skills

Nice to have:Experience with SPMTs and hydraulic lift trailersMobile hydraulic/crawler cranes operationRiggingAbility to read engineering drawings/work instructionsCalibrated measurement devices familiarity

Benefits

  • Equal Opportunity Employer; reasonable accommodation available in process; ITAR/compliance support as applicable
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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