Reliability Specialist

$62,400 - $79,040/Yr

SpaceX - Brownsville, TX

Full-time - Entry Level

Brownsville, TX

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Reliability Specialist at SpaceX plays a crucial role in ensuring the operational efficiency of production assets related to the Starship program. This position focuses on maintaining and improving the reliability of manufacturing processes, troubleshooting equipment issues, and collaborating with production teams to enhance overall product quality and efficiency. The specialist will engage in hands-on maintenance, provide design feedback, and implement reliability improvements to support the ambitious goal of enabling human life on Mars.

Responsibilities

• Repair and maintain critical production assets to ensure their proper operating condition.
• Technically root cause & solve operational problems.
• Provide design feedback in system design reviews.
• Provide maintenance support on various equipment types such as ovens, furnaces, vacuum systems, cranes, and robotics.
• Troubleshoot and self-diagnose a variety of PLC programming suites including Allen-Bradley RSLogix and Siemens TIA.
• Understand and trace issues within robotics programming; be the primary equipment contact for troubleshooting electromechanical motion control systems.
• Read and utilize system-level schematics (mechanical/electrical/pneumatic/hydraulic).
• Perform other related duties for ensuring an efficient work environment across production areas.
• Design, fabricate, and deploy systems reliability improvements into production.
• Abide by documentation standards & design reviews for improvement efforts.
• Develop intuitive documentation of all systems for customer use.
• Collaborate with production/cell owners to streamline processes and increase reliability of operations.
• Follow all necessary regulations and appropriate SpaceX procedures.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalency.
• 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing and production environment.

Nice-to-haves

• 3+ years of experience with reading blueprints and correlating them to physical components.
• Experience with assessing, understanding, and initiating programming changes to Siemens TIA and AllenBradley RSLogix ladder logic.
• Experience working as an automation integrator; installing, wiring, and programming new sensors, drives, and electromechanical components.
• Maintenance experience with various welding equipment.
• Maintenance experience on gas and electric ovens, vacuum systems, and environmental thermal testing.
• 5+ years of experience as a maintenance technician or field service engineer.
• Ability to use power tools and hand tools as well as heavy equipment.
• Ability to read and interpret electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematics and drawings.
• Ability to write detailed repair reports (advanced MS Office skills).
• Familiar with Lean or Six Sigma tools such as "Five Why's Methodology."
• Analytic thinker that gets to the root of the problem.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Short and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Access to various discounts and perks.
• 3 weeks of paid vacation.
• 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• Potential discretionary bonuses and long-term incentives in the form of company stock or stock options.