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Development Test Technician - 2nd Shift

SpaceX· Starship Structural Test - Techs
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Starbase, TXfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Test technicians support multidisciplinary test operations and equipment fabrication for mechanical and fluid assemblies, data/control systems, and testing operations in Starbase Structures.

Responsibilities

  • Build, modify, and troubleshoot new or existing test equipment, ranging from fluid systems, mechanical assemblies, data and control systems, and instrumentation
  • Fabricate high-pressure fluid panels, plumbing, and hydraulic manifolds, including tube fabrication and routing, cleaning, proofing, and activating
  • Install instrumentation, build and route harnessing, and troubleshoot instrumentation and wiring issues
  • Build, operate, and troubleshoot hydraulic systems, including pumps, actuators, servos, winches, etc.
  • Assemble, modify, and inspect test articles, including structural fabrication (precision drilling, doublers, brackets, blending, painting, bonding, etc.), leak detection, non-destructive testing, and instrumentation installation (strain gauges)
  • Participate in rigging and crane operations for test equipment and test articles, including hangar bridge cranes and mobile crane lifts
  • Build and modify data and control systems, ranging from small mobile DAQs to large data and control infrastructure for test stands with thousands of channels
  • Maintain, calibrate, configure, monitor, test, troubleshoot, install, and repair instrumentation, process controls, data acquisition systems, and electrical systems
  • Participate in test operations, including configuration of high-pressure, hazardous, and cryogenic fluid systems, connecting hydraulic actuators and instrumentation, controlling hazardous areas, troubleshooting instrumentation and test hardware, and monitoring test video and data

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalency certificate
  • 3+ years of experience with one or more of the following: working with and troubleshooting mechanical systems, high-pressure fluid systems, instrumentation (strain gauges, load cells, temperature sensors, deflection gauges, accelerometers, or pressure transducers), data and control systems, or test operations on mechanical or electrical systems

Skills

Required:Multidisciplinary test operationsInstrumentation installation and troubleshooting
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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