Integration Technician (F9 Booster & Fairings) - Multiple Shifts
Long Beach · 1+ years experience · Onsite · Posted Sep 24, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 1+ years experience
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Long Beach
About the role
- The Falcon Recovery team is looking for motivated technicians to support Booster processing at the Port of Long Beach.
- In this role, you will perform flight-level quality processing to get the vehicle safe and ready for transport out of the Port of Long Beach.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and maintain ground support equipment used to perform booster lifting/transit operations
- Perform high-pressure operations on a powered and unpowered booster
- Carefully execute large-scale, critical lifts involving flight hardware
- Proficiently use various mechanical tools and heavy machinery
- Maintain, troubleshoot, and install both fluid and electromechanical components from a schematic or drawing
- Complete tasks related to site preventative maintenance in accordance with the asset management system
- Work closely with engineers and leadership to develop and implement operational improvements focused on driving takt times down and ease of repeatability
- Rapidly change roles/responsibilities while working in a high-paced, challenging work environment
- Play a critical role in coordinated launch vehicle movements and integrated pressurized ground operations
- Support dockside recovery vessel maintenance as needed
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalency certificate
- 1+ years of hands-on experience in assembly, testing, maintenance, repair, or installation, OR a certificate from an accredited trade skills program OR experience working at a SpaceX site in a manufacturing, maintenance, testing, or materials management function
- Ability to work all shift times, overtime, and weekends as needed
- Ability to pass an Air Force background check for Vandenberg Space Force Base
- Must be able to lift to 35 lbs. unassisted
- Must be able to work at elevated heights (up to 300 feet), including the use of ladders and aerial boom lifts
- Must be willing to operate heavy machinery
- Must be able to work in confined spaces
- Willing to travel to other SpaceX sites as needed
- Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
Preferred qualifications
- Airframe & Powerplant license
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook)
- Experience working in an ESD-sensitive environment
- Knowledge of pressure, temperature, and flow measurement devices
- Experience maintaining a propulsion test stand in the aerospace industry
- Experience working at a rocket launch facility and supporting launch campaigns
Benefits
- Long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards
- Discretionary bonuses
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Short and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 10 or more paid holidays per year
Skills
- Forklifts
- Cranes
- Load Cells
- Multimeters
- Calipers
- Torque Wrenches
- Depth Gauges
- Micrometers
