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Crane & Heavy Equipment Specialist (Starship)

Starbase, TX💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-21 → 2026-09-27

Core

Maintenance, troubleshooting, and operational efficiency of complex lifting and heavy equipment systems (cranes, heavy lifting equipment) for mission-critical production.

Role type

Senior hands-on IC maintenance specialist (heavy equipment)

Builds

Production machinery and lifting systems for Starship

Domain

Aerospace manufacturing / Heavy equipment maintenance

Deliverable

physical/clinical work

Required skills

Crane and heavy equipment service/maintenance, rigging and securing best practices, reading engineering drawings and schematics (electrical/hydraulic/pneumatic), CAD/mechanical design, forklift operation, power and hand tool usage, work order creation, root cause analysis, tooling design

Preferred skills

Aerospace maintenance experience, vehicle assembly operations, advanced MS Office for repair reporting, ability to work in high-pressure mission-critical environments

Technologies

CAD, MS Office

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair cranes and heavy equipment; Execute maintenance and emergency procedures; Design and create specialized tooling; Train and mentor operations team on self-diagnosis and repairs; Create complex work orders and rework dispositions

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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