Job brief: Equipment Maintenance Technician (Starship)

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on SpaceX's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (2 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-06.
• The apply link opens boards.greenhouse.io, the address SpaceX's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: Not published
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Starbase, TX
• Posted: 2026-05-28 · over 60 days ago

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Mid level. The posting asks for 2+ years of experience.

Must have

• High school diploma or equivalency certificate
• 2+ years of maintenance technician experience
• 2+ years of experience with hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, and/or electrical repair
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline
• 5+ years of experience as a maintenance technician or field service engineer
• 5+ years experience repairing, troubleshooting, and/or commissioning overhead crane equipment

Conditions

• Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary
• Push/Pull: Up to 75lbs. (unassisted) 2 hours or longer per day
• Lift/Carry: Up to 50lbs. (unassisted) 2 hours or longer per day
• Candidate must be capable of safely working at heights (up to 500ft), in confined spaces, using an air purifying respirator, and performing the physical requirements of the job li…

Main duties

• Maintain and repair all assets to ensure their proper operating condition
• Provide preventative and corrective maintenance on various complex automation systems
• Troubleshoot and repair control & electrical system failures involving – PLCs, HMIs, servomotors, servo amplifiers, input/output, field sensors
• Troubleshoot and repair various machine tool hydraulic and pneumatic systems – actuators, valves, pumps, filters
• Troubleshoot and repair automated tool mechanical systems – ballscrews, linear rails, guideways, gearboxes, 3 phase motors

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for mechanic and technician jobs across the U.S.: $71k a year (1,431 listings, 95 employers). This listing does not publish pay to compare.
• Across SpaceX's 2,895 open listings, 60% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How SpaceX hires

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