Equipment Maintenance Lead, Project Kuiper

Project Kuiper is an initiative to increase global broadband access through a constellation of over 3,000 satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO). Its mission is to bring fast, affordable broadband to unserved and underserved communities around the world. Project Kuiper will help close the digital divide by delivering fast, affordable broadband to a wide range of customers, including consumers, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in places without reliable connectivity.

As a Lead Equipment Mechanic you will be engaged installing, commissioning, and maintaining specialty equipment with the ultimate goal of supporting satellites from the stages of early testing, integration, through to launch and on to production stability. You will maintain complex mechanical, electrical and overhead cranes to ensure their efficient operations and reliable integration. You will work closely with colleagues throughout Project Kuiper's inter-disciplinary team to ensure that critical needs and demands on shift are being met. You will be essential in the on-time delivery of hardware capable of achieving mission success as you are directly responsible for all equipment supporting these functions, and will have broad scope and autonomy to fill all gaps between equipment concept and operations. You will lead the charge to develop, improve, review and maintain the preventative maintenance program while ensuring appropriate procedures in place to supporting spacecraft operations and integration.

Export Control Requirements:

Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities

Hands on installation of electrical and control systems with troubleshooting related to a variety of manufacturing equipment

Develop, document, and implement solutions to difficult problems with a sense of urgency

Maintaining and Troubleshooting of overhead cranes, electrical systems, and propellant loading equipment

Develop and continually improve Preventative and Breakdown Maintenance for all equipment supporting operations

Work directly with engineering and operation teams on design feedback, commissioning, and ongoing operations

Lead maintenance team to develop clear and concise project details for mechanical, electrical, and machine functionality requirements allowing for expedient installations leading to successful operations

A day in the life

This is a fast-paced, hands-on, intellectually challenging position, and you'll work with leaders in multiple technology areas. You'll have relentlessly high standards for yourself and everyone you work with, and you'll be constantly looking for ways to improve your product's performance, quality and cost. We want individuals who are ready for this challenge and want to reach beyond what is possible today.

Basic Qualifications

Hands on installation of electrical and control systems with troubleshooting related to a variety of manufacturing equipment

Develop, design, and implement solutions to difficult problems with a sense of urgency

Maintaining and Troubleshooting of overhead cranes

Develop and continually improve Preventative and Breakdown Maintenance for overhead cranes and electrical systems

Work directly with engineering and operation teams on design feedback, commissioning, and ongoing operations

Work across teams to develop clear and concise project details for mechanical, electrical, and machine functionality requirements allowing for expedient installations leading to successful operations

Able to obtain and maintain a US Passport & must meet customs entry requirements to include but not limited to: Yellow Fever vaccine and other immunization requirements as recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Ability to pass Kennedy Space Center background checks

Preferred Qualifications

Degree or certificate in a related electrical field.

Minimum 7 years working in a manufacturing environment troubleshooting and maintaining electrical equipment.

Minimum 5 years maintain leading maintenance teams

Experience installing, connecting, troubleshooting and maintaining industrial electrical systems including knowledge of NEC, NFPA 79, and UL508A

Advanced experience with preventative maintenance programs from conception through well defined processes

Experience with industrial controls equipment including PCs, PLCs, IP networking, pneumatics, sensors, wiring diagrams, etc.

Can read, interpret, and execute electrical schematics and drawings to aide in expedite troubleshooting through repairs

Experience assembling and commissioning custom machinery including cranes, tool balancers, pneumatics, and programmable logic controllers

Experience setting up and maintaining a workshop in a development and high-speed production environment

Experience with rigging and lifting operations

Developing and Maintaining all maintenance activities

Lead electrical and controls activities as required.

Troubleshooting and Maintaining industrial equipment and machinery in production and development environments

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