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Thermal Development Technician, Robotic Welding (Starship)

SpaceX· Starbase Thermal Hardware - Installation
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Starbase, TXfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Technician on the Thermal Protection Systems (TPS) team supporting heat shield development, manufacturing, and integration for Starship by maintaining, programming, and operating robotic and automated systems.

Responsibilities

  • Provide maintenance on various equipment: vacuum chambers, thermal chambers, CNC machines, and robotic welders
  • Maintain, repair, and operate all robotic assets to ensure their proper operating condition
  • Replace and install electrical components such as switches, relays, contactors, transformers, rectifiers, circuit breakers, fuses, and sensors for temperature/pressure/position
  • Replace and install mechanical components such as bearings, bushings, motors, shafts, collars, couplings, pulleys, belts, gears, chains, rollers, pumps, valves, hoses, and o-rings on a variety of system equipment
  • Support the fabrication of ceramic refractory billets, ceramic tiles, thermal gap fillers, coatings, and other components required for a robust thermal protection system
  • Support basic fabrication, surface preparation, bonding, and oven curing operations
  • Document processes precisely to be able to replicate each step taken in the material processing
  • Perform hardware inspection and rework as required

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or equivalency certificate
  • Experience with various types of hand tools or hand-held power tools

Skills

Required:Robotics operation and maintenanceElectrical components replacement/installationMechanical components replacement/installationDocumentationHardware inspection and rework
Nice to have:Fabrication support
Last updated Sep 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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