Test Specialist (Composites)

About Spacex

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

Job Summary

TEST SPECIALIST (COMPOSITES) Welcome to the top of the rocket, the reason why we fly! The Falcon Payload Integration & Test team tackles space exploration’s toughest problems, developing novel ways to fly every payload that our customers can conceive. Leveraging our reusable launch vehicles, Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy, we support customers that include commercial, national security, NASA, and rideshare satellites, as well as our own SpaceX-developed Starlink satellites. SpaceX is currently seeking a talented individual for a critical Test Specialist role to facilitate and execute payload adaptor integration and testing across various facilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Process Falcon flight hardware in the pursuit of safe, rapid, and reliable integration and launch
• Develop tools, hardware, and procedures to efficiently assembly, integrate, and test various systems
• Design, develop, and operate various data acquisition or other electrical systems
• Maintain clear communication and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of highly skilled engineers, mission managers, and technicians to execute operations across various cleanroom facilities (both internationally and domestic)
• Identify high-risk processes ahead of flight hardware processing, and proactively implement procedural improvements to ensure operational excellence
• Collaborate with engineering to identify and resolve hardware non-conformances

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate
• Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering or STEM discipline or 2+ years of experience in a manufacturing or production environment
• 1+ years of experience creating and/or working with manufacturing design, build, integration or test

Preferred Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of professional experience designing, building, integrating, and testing complex multi-disciplinary systems
• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following: launch vehicle or spacecraft integration, composite structure design or testing; test operations with gases/fluids, data acquisition setup, and field measurements
• Demonstrates technical intuition, critical thinking, and comfort with ambiguity
• Documentation and configuration management experience
• Experience writing test plans, procedures and providing go/no-go judgment and rationale
• Experience interacting with CAD software and basic analysis programs
• Professional experience testing and operating with or around hazardous systems