Full-Time
Integration Specialist
Posted on 3/21/2023
Manufactures advanced rockets and spacecrafts for space transportation
Junior, Mid
Cape Canaveral, FL, USA
- High school diploma or equivalency certificate
- 3+ years of professional experience working in a hands-on technical position
- 1+ years of professional experience working in an aviation, aerospace, automotive or manufacturing environment
- Associate degree or higher in aerospace, engineering, or related field
- Airframe and powerplant license (A&P)
- 1+ years of professional experience working with pressure systems, including build, operation, or testing
- Solid understanding of integration processes including avionics, fluid system and structures
- Experience with process development, facility and line layouts
- Ability to fabricate and repair mechanical tooling
- Experience with test operations procedures, hydro/pneumatic pressure control, and safe handling of flight parts
- Knowledge of different fittings such as NPT, Swagelok, A/N and medium pressure
- Ability to read, and understand operating system schematics and drawings
- Ability to troubleshoot programs and systems and determine root causes and implement fixes
- Strong computer skillset, including Microsoft Office navigation and file manipulation
- Experience with Siemens NX (UG), Teamcenter CAD, and PDM systems
- Experience using borescopes and other inspection tools such as calipers and micrometers
- Ability to rapidly change roles/responsibilities while working in a high-paced, challenging work environment
- Ability to solve complex problems with minimal supervision on tight-schedules
- Ability to take project goals inputs and works towards that end-goal beyond individual task assignment
- Knowledge of vacuum systems and pumps
- Knowledge of hazardous systems, PPE requirements, high-pressure system design and handling
- Experience working with hypergolic propellants
- Experience working with component clean line operation
- ISO 8 cleanroom experience
- Ability to pass Space Force background check for Cape Canaveral
- Ability to work one of the following shift: 1st shift, Monday - Friday 6:00am - 4:30pm
- Comfortable being trained to work around hypergolic propellants (MMH and NTO) and willing to work with hazardous materials
- Ability to lift 25 lbs. unassisted
- Lifting, standing, climbing, bending, grasping, sitting, pulling, pushing, stooping, stretching, and carrying are generally required to perform the functions of this position
- Ability to work at elevated heights (up to 300 feet), including the use of ladders
- Willing to operate heavy machinery
- Ability to work in confined spaces
- Typically exposed to work in extreme outdoor environments - heat, cold, rain, ice
- Work performed in an environment requiring exposure to fumes, odors, and noise
- To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here
- Assist in the design and fabrication of tooling and ground support equipment for the maintenance team
- Ensure all related equipment, systems, and preventative maintenance items are performed on time, safely, and in a professional manner to ensure equipment is always in an operational state
- Create work instructions for build, checkout and setup of ground support equipment as well as creating disposition planning for off nominal operations
- Generate and own cleaning procedures/ work order release for removed fittings, tier 2 GSE and propulsion test kits
- Generate component decontamination work orders and drive release for each campaign for tier 1 and tier 2 hardware
- Optimize component decontamination and clean line operations
- Operate as a test conductor for propulsion system checkouts
- Own flight hardware fume hood storage location accountability and drive necessary decontamination actions
- Maintain integration tooling kits including, remove before flight GSE, as well as all lifting equipment and associated PM's
- Review and triage work order feedback; work with process planning to drive necessary incorporation on in process work orders and next engineering master's revisions
- Drive process improvements and planning updates for consistently challenging/ time consuming operations
- Develop wetted part handling process development for each bay/building
SpaceX, under the leadership of Elon Musk, has consistently demonstrated its technical prowess and industry leadership by achieving milestones previously accomplished only by governments, such as returning a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit and attaching a spacecraft to the International Space Station. The company's culture is driven by a clear and ambitious goal to make life multiplanetary, fostering an environment of high performance and continuous learning. With its advanced rocket and spacecraft designs, SpaceX has a competitive edge in the space transportation industry, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA and working towards the future of space exploration.
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
$9.2B
Headquarters
Hawthorne, California
Founded
2002
6 month growth
↑ 9%1 year growth
↑ 30%2 year growth
↑ 29%Benefits
Benefits and Perks - Our employees’ well-being is important to us and essential to our capacity to do extraordinary things. We offer a wide variety of programs to support the health, wellness, and financial security of our employees and their families.