Propulsion Technician - Raptor Printer Automation & Controls
$23 - $38/hr
Junior
Hawthorne, CA, USA
In Person
Aerospace EngineeringPropulsion
About the job
Requirements
- A high school diploma or equivalency certificate is required.
- At least 1 year of electrical or automation and controls experience in manufacturing or production environments is required.
- Preferred: At least 3 years in a professional manufacturing, production, or industrial role emphasizing electrical systems, controls, or automation.
- Preferred: Experience with electrical wiring, panel building, cable management, and termination of industrial components, including motors, sensors, programmable logic controllers, human-machine interfaces, and safety circuits.
- Preferred: Knowledge of industrial automation systems, including programmable logic controller programming and troubleshooting, input/output, and basic controls logic.
- Preferred: Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and control drawings.
- Preferred: Experience commissioning, troubleshooting, and maintaining electrical and automation systems on production equipment.
- Preferred: Experience with a laser tracker, articulated arm, coordinate measuring machine, and bench inspection equipment.
- Preferred: Ability to adapt to repetitive production tasks and innovative process development.
- Preferred: Ability to solve complex problems with minimal supervision on tight schedules.
- Preferred: Ability to read mechanical and engineering drawings and interpret tolerances, including geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
- Preferred: Experience lifting and rigging, and preparing complicated parts for heavy crane operations.
- Must be available for first shift, 5:00 AM to 3:30 PM, and able to work required shift hours, including overtime and weekends when needed.
- Must be able to work at elevated heights occasionally using scissor lifts and articulated boom lifts.
- Must be able to stand, lift, and carry equipment up to 30 pounds unassisted.
- Must meet U.S. export-regulation eligibility: be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with design/build engineers, automation/controls engineers, and toolmakers to fabricate, assemble, and commission 3D printers and their subsystems.
About the company
SpaceX builds and launches reusable rockets and spacecraft for NASA, the military, and companies, and it runs Starlink, a satellite internet service for homes and businesses. In 2020, its Dragon capsule became the first privately built spacecraft to carry astronauts to the International Space Station. Its Falcon 9 rocket lands its first stage so the booster can fly again, which cuts launch costs, while Starlink beams internet from low-orbit satellites to small dishes for a monthly fee. SpaceX also owns xAI, maker of the Grok chatbot and owner of the social network X, and is building Starship, a fully reusable rocket meant to carry people to the Moon and Mars. Elon Musk founded SpaceX in 2002, and it is based in Starbase, Texas.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
Starbase, Texas
Founded
2002
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Starlink demand keeps compounding: subscribers doubled to 12 million in the year to June 2026.
- Room to grow: SpaceX listed 2,693 open roles in October 2026, over a third of them for Starlink.
- Rivals rent its AI supercomputers: Claude maker Anthropic agreed in May 2026 to pay SpaceX $1.25 billion a month.
What critics are saying
- Stock grants swing hard: shares closed between $108 and $211 in the four months after the June 2026 IPO.
- Expect long weeks: 1,724 of SpaceX's 2,693 job posts in October 2026 mention extended hours and weekend work.
- AI spending outruns sales: SpaceX put $15.8 billion into AI data centers in the June 2026 quarter, double its revenue.
What makes SpaceX unique
- SpaceX is the world's busiest launcher by far: its 165 orbital launches in 2025 were nearly double China's total.
- Starlink carries the profits: it earned $1.7 billion in the June 2026 quarter, while rockets and AI lost $1.8 billion.
- Elon Musk has the final say: super-voting shares give him about 82% of shareholder votes after the June 2026 IPO.
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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.