Pipe Welder (Starship)

SpaceX
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Industrial, Process & Manufacturing EngineeringExperience: 1+ yearsEducation: high_schoolSkills: ["Safety focus","Attention to detail","Ability to work in challenging environments","Ability to improve processes","Ability to work cooperatively"]

Join the Prop Systems Production team at Starbase to weld piping, structural steel, and facility infrastructure for Starship. You’ll complete welding assignments using hand welding and flame-cutting equipment, fit and fabricate components to specifications, and inspect your work to AWS D1.1 and ASME B31.3. The role also requires learning and maintaining internal operator certifications, improving turnaround times, and meeting demanding safety and physical requirements.

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Pipe Welder (Starship)

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Job Summary

Join the Prop Systems Production team at Starbase to weld piping, structural steel, and facility infrastructure for Starship. You’ll complete welding assignments using hand welding and flame-cutting equipment, fit and fabricate components to specifications, and inspect your work to AWS D1.1 and ASME B31.3. The role also requires learning and maintaining internal operator certifications, improving turnaround times, and meeting demanding safety and physical requirements.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Industrial, Process & Manufacturing Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Complete welding assignments and procedures for construction and repair of structural stands on time, safely, and professionally.
  • •Cut, trim, or scarf metal objects, and fit and fabricate metal components to dimensions for building and assembling test site structural forms.
  • •Under supervision of lead welder, analyze engineering drawings and specifications to plan welding operations when procedural information is unavailable.
  • •Utilize hand welding and flame-cutting equipment to weld and assemble structural forms.
  • •Visually inspect own welds per AWS D1.1 and ASME B31.3 (normal and high-pressure service) with proper training, and obtain/maintain required internal licenses, operator permits, or certifications.

Key Requirements

  • •High school diploma or equivalency certificate.
  • •1+ years of experience with TIG (GTAW) welding per ASME B31.3 normal and high-pressure service applications.
  • •1+ years of experience working in a process piping environment, using measurement/verification tools to dimension and build piping runs.
  • •Ability to safely work at heights (up to 500ft), in confined spaces, and use an air purifying respirator.
  • •Must be capable of meeting the physical demands of the job and working in extreme outdoor environments.
Experience:1+ years
Education:High School
Skills:Safety focusAttention to detailAbility to work in challenging environmentsAbility to improve processesAbility to work cooperatively
Languages:English
Tech Stack:TIG (GTAW)AWS D1.1ASME B31.3Laser levelProjectorTransitPlumb lineSpirit levelInclinometerHand weldingFlame-cutting equipmentSMAWGMAWFCAWOxy acetyleneArc gougingElectronic welding equipmentArc air proceduresAir purifying respirator

Company Brief

SpaceX
Designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft for commercial and government customers, aiming to reduce space transportation costs and enable human life on Mars through reusable launch vehicles and integrated space systems.
Industry: Aerospace Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Hawthorne, United States
Founded: 2002
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