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Controls Technician

SpaceX· Launch Fluids Engineering - Starbase
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Starbase, TXfull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

The controls technician supports building and maintaining SpaceX's data and control systems, including instrumentation, wiring, interface harnesses, and various sensors, to meet test needs for safe, low-cost, and reliable access to space.

Responsibilities

  • Perform complex technical assignments involving instrumentation and data acquisition/processing systems
  • 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
  • Analyze results of calibrations and processed data, and assist in the interpretation of test data
  • Adjust, repair, or replace faulty components of test setups and equipment
  • Lay out, build, test, troubleshoot, repair, and modify developmental and production electrical and electronic units, assemblies, components, parts, equipment, and systems
  • Configure the data acquisition hardware
  • Perform wire terminations to a variety of instruments and verify sensor health: pressure transducers, thermocouples, valves, limits, and flow meters
  • Install connectors, connector pins, terminals, and lugs
  • Perform continuity checks, locate and correct wiring errors using measuring instruments such as ohmmeters and sequential continuity checkers
  • 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
  • Perform layout and wiring of electrical panels
  • Collaborate with design engineers to troubleshoot failures and issues derived from test data
  • Perform other related duties, as assigned, for the purpose of ensuring an efficient and effective work environment

Qualifications

  • Associate degree in instrumentation, control technology, electrical systems, or other electrical field (3+ years of professional experience working with controls or electrical systems will be considered in lieu of a degree)
  • 2+ years of experience working with instrumentation such as pressure transducers, thermocouples, valves, flow meters, multimeters, or oscilloscopes

Skills

Required:Instrumentation and data acquisition systemsSchematic reading and wiring diagramsElectrical panel layout and wiringTroubleshooting instrumentation systems
Nice to have:VFDs and motor startersSignal conditioning and sensor dataBus architectures and data communicationWindows OS and Microsoft Office
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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