At a glance
- Experience
- 3+ years experience
- Location
- Hawthorne
About the role
- The Starship Avionics Test team designs, builds, and maintains test systems that validate electronic devices on Starship to confirm their build integrity and ensure they can complete their mission as designed.
- Test specialists are primarily responsible for building, operating, and maintaining test systems and facilities and play a key role in the design process by providing feedback to engineers.
Responsibilities
- Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical systems
- Perform tests independently, or with engineers, according to test procedures and design requirements
- Summarize and distribute test data and preliminary test results to all interested parties
- Collaborate with engineers to develop and document test procedures
- Develop safety barriers, protocols, and control systems that protect humans from high voltage testing hazards
- Assist in the design of test fixtures, test setups, and test stands to be used for qualification and/or development campaigns
- Independently fabricate or build instrumentation including DAQ hardware and wire harnesses, mechanical or fluid systems, and high voltage electrical systems
- Identify and implement process improvements
- Support anomaly investigations and work toward resolution
- Maintain the shop floor including floor stock, tooling, and ground support equipment
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalency certificate
- 3+ years of professional experience in a hands-on manufacturing environment
- Must be available to work overtime and weekends as needed
- Must be able to maneuver in tight spaces
- Must be able to lift up to 50lbs. unassisted
Preferred qualifications
- Associate or bachelor's degree with a focus in physics, mathematics, or engineering
- Ability to read and understand electromechanical schematics
- Knowledge of Ohm's Law, power supplies, digital logic, ADC/DAC circuits, op amps, semiconductors, and communications protocols
- Ability to read mechanical assembly drawings and blueprints
- Ability to install and operate instrumentation, including: strain gages, deflection gages, pressure transducers, load cells, thermocouples, RTDs, accelerometers, oscilloscopes and analog circuitry
- Ability to fabricate and repair electrical systems, including: soldering, crimping, and assembling connectors/harnesses
- Ability to fabricate mechanical components and assemblies, including: milling, drilling, turning, and torqueing
- Knowledge/experience operating basic machine shop equipment, including: sanders, grinders, saws, and benders
Benefits
- Long-term incentives in the form of company stock or long-term cash awards
- Potential 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
- DAQ Hardware
- Wire Harnesses
- Electromechanical Schematics
- Power Supplies
- Digital Logic
- Op Amps
- Semiconductors
- Strain Gages
- Pressure Transducers
- Thermocouples
- Oscilloscopes
- Soldering
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- Crimping
- Milling
- Turning