Maintenance Engineer, High Pressure Die Casting (Starlink)

SpaceX
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Field Service, Maintenance & Skilled TradesExperience: 1+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Critical thinking","Problem-solving","Interpersonal","Communication","Detail oriented"]

Provide engineering support for planned and unplanned repairs, modifications, and upgrades to Starlink production equipment in Bastrop. Serve as the primary technical resource for complex maintenance issues, owning equipment improvement projects from concept through implementation. Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis, develop predictive maintenance (e.g., vibration and cycle monitoring), and partner with reliability, tool, automation, and other engineering teams to improve uptime, reliability, and maintenance efficiency using CMMS/RCM practices.

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Maintenance Engineer, High Pressure Die Casting (Starlink)

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Job Summary

Provide engineering support for planned and unplanned repairs, modifications, and upgrades to Starlink production equipment in Bastrop. Serve as the primary technical resource for complex maintenance issues, owning equipment improvement projects from concept through implementation. Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis, develop predictive maintenance (e.g., vibration and cycle monitoring), and partner with reliability, tool, automation, and other engineering teams to improve uptime, reliability, and maintenance efficiency using CMMS/RCM practices.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Field Service, Maintenance & Skilled Trades
Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead maintenance technicians to troubleshoot and resolve technically complex equipment failures.
  • •Perform root cause analysis and execute corrective actions to address equipment, process, and behavioral gaps.
  • •Develop and execute complex improvement projects to maximize production equipment availability.
  • •Collaborate with development engineering teams to build reliability and maintenance efficiency up-front and propose design adjustments.
  • •Provide leadership for CMMS utilization and implement predictive tools to support proactive Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM).
Travel: Low travel

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline.
  • •1+ year of hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment (internships and project work count).
  • •2+ years of troubleshooting technical problems in a manufacturing environment.
  • •Experience with MRP, ERP and CMMS systems.
  • •Hands-on experience with automated industrial equipment.
Experience:1+ yearsManufacturingIndustrial equipmentAutomated industrial equipment
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Critical thinkingProblem-solvingInterpersonalCommunicationDetail oriented
Tech Stack:CMMSMRPERPVibration analysisCycle monitoringRCMMechanical drawingsElectrical schematicsGD&TP&IDsPneumaticRobotic control

Eligibility

Nationality:US National

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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