Ground Network Specialist
$34 - $51/hr
Junior
Washington, USA
RemoteTravel to US or international gateway sites is approximately 75% of the time.
Field ServiceEquipment Field Service
About the job
Requirements
- A high school diploma or equivalency certificate is required.
- At least 2 years of experience as a mechanic or technician in an engineering field, such as telecommunications or an internet service provider, is required.
- Ability to distinguish between different colors and manual dexterity to complete fine motor tasks is required.
- Ability to travel as required, approximately 75% of the time to US or international gateway sites, is required.
- General physical fitness and the ability to lift up to 50 pounds for some tasks are required.
- Ability to perform duties involving standing, kneeling, crouching, twisting the upper body, working in cramped positions and small openings, and climbing hand over hand is required.
- Ability to work at elevated heights is required.
- Ability to work outdoors in heat, cold, and rain, and in environments with fumes, odors, and noise is required.
Responsibilities
- Deploy, troubleshoot, and repair Starlink ground hardware as part of a team of engineers and specialists.
- Travel internationally and domestically to resolve hardware issues affecting Starlink user service.
- Diagnose failures within fiber optic circuits and execute repairs to restore full system operation.
- Investigate and resolve issues with onsite commercial network and routing hardware.
- Improve existing training documentation and create new documentation to continuously improve team skills.
Desired Qualifications
- Strong knowledge of standard computer skills, including Microsoft Office, Visio, and web applications.
- Ability to read, understand, and follow electrical and mechanical drawings and schematics.
- Experience in cell tower and site construction or maintenance.
- Experience with low Earth orbit tracking antennas, stabilizers, or very small aperture terminal antennas.
- Experience working with fiber optics; network and telephony installation; and/or audio-visual installation, testing, troubleshooting, and repair; and using fiber optic test equipment such as optical time-domain reflectometers, optical laser sources, optical power meters, and visual fault locators.
- Experience constructing information technology or network racks, including uninterruptible power supplies, power distribution units, cable management, servers, and network devices.
- Experience with facilities and related infrastructure construction and maintenance, including diesel or natural gas generators and direct-current battery banks.
- Experience installing, activating, or troubleshooting coarse wavelength-division multiplexing and/or dense wavelength-division multiplexing using standard fiber equipment and testers.
- Experience operating articulating boom lifts, forklifts, scissor lifts, and other work site machinery.
- Experience with low-voltage alternating- and direct-current power distribution, an operational understanding of Ohm’s Law, and the ability to safely use a multimeter.
- Fluency in languages in addition to English.
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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