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SpaceX · 1 day ago

Equipment Reliability Engineer, Automation & Controls - Cranes (Starship)

Texas, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

SpaceX is a company focused on enabling human life on Mars through advanced technologies. The Equipment Reliability Engineer will be responsible for ensuring the reliability of critical equipment used in Starship manufacturing, driving improvements, and providing technical support to enhance production efficiency.

Advanced MaterialsAerospaceManufacturingNational SecuritySpace Travel

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and deploy a reliability SCADA system for the Starship manufacturing reliability to:

Integrate deployed equipment into SpaceX Internet of Things (IoT) to enable real time performance monitoring, ticket generation, and more

Enable setting predictive and condition-based monitoring triggers

Drive investigations & own design improvements for all starship manufacturing tooling, with a heavy focus on electrical/automation

Lay out new industrial electrical control panels that are NFPA79/NEC/UL508A compliant and create electrical, pneumatic, and fluid schematics

Own equipment improvement plans for maintenance strategies and equipment availability to maximize production equipment availability

Develop engineering solutions to repetitive or high consequence failures on critical equipment through Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Generate aesthetically simple HMI screens for complex machinery while providing sufficient feedback for troubleshooting

Conduct Failure Mode Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) to create proactive reliability programs for critical equipment

Coordinate cross-functionally to drive process improvements, design iterations and complete equipment overhauls

Integrate with internal tooling, automation and production teams to ensure maintainability of design is incorporated into new internally designed equipment

Develop and implement maintenance and reliability Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to drive equipment improvements and organizational efficiency

Provide technical support to production, maintenance management, and technical personnel

Qualification

Reliability engineeringSCADA programmingPLC programmingElectrical schematic CADMicrosoft SQLPowerBIRoot Cause AnalysisFMECAElectrical control panelsCommunicationDetail orientedProblem solvingTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline

5+ years of experience in manufacturing, reliability, or operations

Stand: Up to 6 hours per day

Sit: Up to 3 hours per day

Push/Pull: Up to 50lbs. (unassisted) between 1 to 2 hours per day

Overhead reach: Up to 1 hour per day

Walk: Up to 3 hours per day

Lift/Carry: Up to 25lbs. (unassisted) between 1 to 2 hours per day

Climb (ladder/stairs): up to 3 hours per day

Kneel/Crouch: up to 3 hours per day

Upper body twist: Up to 3 hours per day

Ability to work in temperatures over 80 degrees: up to 3 hours per day

Candidate must be capable of safely working at heights (up to 500ft), in confined spaces, using an air purifying respirator, and performing the physical requirements of the job listed in the job description

Candidate may be required to complete a pre-employment questionnaire and/or physical to confirm these capabilities, which may include a medical history review

To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State