Machine Maintenance Specialist (Starlink)

SpaceX • Redmond, WA

1d • $32 - $50 • Onsite

About The Position

The Maintenance Specialist is responsible for providing reliability project and high-level maintenance support on planned and unplanned repairs, modifications, and upgrades of production equipment in the Starlink programs in Redmond. Maintenance Specialists are the first line technical resource for maintenance technicians, and support day-to-day resolution of the most challenging technical issues facing the team. Maintenance Specialists are responsible for end-to-end completion of equipment improvement projects, with the support of Reliability or Maintenance Engineers when needed, from concept, through design and implementation. This role plays a key part in maximizing critical production equipment availability; enabling Starlink to rapidly pursue its mission.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline or 4+ years of experience in technical or engineering related field
• 2+ years of hands on experience in a manufacturing environment working in reliability, design, or maintenance (internships and project work are applicable)

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of troubleshooting technical problems in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with MRP, ERP and CMMS systems
• Hands-on experience with automated industrial equipment
• Experience leading technicians through troubleshooting and performing root cause analysis
• Experience coordinating projects with contractors and third parties
• Capability to interpret mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, GD&T and P&IDs
• Demonstrates critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal and diplomacy skills; capable of communicating summarized accomplishments in a fast-paced environment
• Detail oriented, organized, and able to demonstrate a high sense of urgency
• Experience using Microsoft Office Products, Smartsheet, Jira, SQL and PowerBI

Responsibilities

• Work with Tool Engineering, and Area Engineering for review, implementation and handoff of new tooling and equipment for production
• Coordinate with internal Machine Maintenance Technicians, Equipment Reliability Engineering, Tool Engineering and Automation Engineering teams to design and implement machine upgrades
• Develop and execute reliability improvement/ safety improvement projects through end-to-end ownership of timelines, value propositions, change ticket management, engineering team communication/ review, production cut in, and impact evaluation on production equipment availability.
• Attend new equipment CDRs to provide design feedback, cross train other team members, and support initial PM/BOM build out with engineering support.
• Assist in creation, modification, and updates to preventative maintenance instructions to eliminate recurring failures or low value add tasks
• Develop tooling for use in maintenance processes
• Lead maintenance technicians to troubleshoot and resolve technically complex equipment failures
• Complete hands-on in-depth repairs of equipment mechanical, electrical, fluid, pneumatic and control system failures
• Coordinate internal and 3rd party resources to scope and execute repairs, overhauls and equipment upgrade projects
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and action corrective measures to address equipment, process and behavioral gaps
• Leverage feedback from maintenance technicians to drive improvements to work instructions and processes
• Interface with engineering, quality, safety, production and procurement to resolve any hold factors blocking production

Benefits

• Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks.
• You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• Employees in Washington State accrue paid sick time in compliance with state and federal law.
• Company shuttles are offered to employees for roundtrip travel from select Seattle locations to the SpaceX Redmond office Monday to Friday

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees