Apprentice Assembly Machinist (TLO) SpaceX

Apprentice Assembly Machinist (TLO)
Manufacturing and Production Operations | Hawthorne, CA, United States
The Company
SpaceX is a US based space technology company founded by its residing CEO and CTO, Elon Musk, the former co-founder of PayPal. The company's goal is to renew a sense of excellence in the space industry by disrupting the current paradigm of complacency and replacing it with innovation and commercialized price points; laying the foundation for a truly space-faring human civilization.
SpaceX builds rockets and spacecraft from the ground up; including electronics, software, vehicle structures, and engines. In-house development includes nearly all flight critical custom components amounting to approximately 85% of our vehicles both by mass and by value. Our development and production efforts represent some of the most dynamic and challenging technology problems seen in any organization.
Our success is driven by a wide variety of engineering perspectives and openness to all great ideas. We pride ourselves on being a meritocracy where employees are defined by their capabilities and contributions, instead of title or tenure. We are actively seeking the best and brightest minds from all industries to continue to build our world class team.
Our employees thrive in a fast-paced engineering ecosystem focused on innovation and high levels of personal responsibility. At SpaceX we cut through the noise and believe in the essentials of hardcore engineering.
We build it, test it, and fly it.
The Department
Technicians â€" SpaceX is continuing to build our highly skilled technician workforce; the extensive in house development and production capabilities at SpaceX would not be possible without their contributions. If you enjoy hand-on development work in and thrive in a fast paced environment, you could make a great addition to our team.
The Job
Responsibilities
Metal Finisher will be responsible for the following:

• Grind, file, or sand surfaces of metal items, utilizing a variety of hand tools, power tools, and machines.
• Examination of surfaces in order to find defects.
• Removal of defects and smoothing of uneven surfaces.

Requirements

• Must have at least 4 years of experience in a machine shop.
• Must be able to read and interpret blueprints.
• Must be able to bench close tolerance dimensions within what the blueprint calls for.
• Must have experience utilizing various measuring instruments-mics, veneers, ultra sonic thickness gauges, etc.
• Must be able to utilize various grinding equipment - angle head grinders, pencil grinders, straight grinders, and palm sanders.
• Must be able to have and work a flexible schedule - including weekends and overtime, as needed.

SpaceX offers one of the best environments in the world for employees to learn, build real working systems and tackle exciting challenges every day. We operate in a fun, casual work environment and have great benefits including: competitive salary, stock options, medical/dental insurance and free gym memberships. By joining the SpaceX team, you are not just a part of history, you are making it.
SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with SpaceX is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, SpaceX hires only U.S. citizens and U.S. Permanent Residents.
Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application/interview process should notify the Human Resource Department at (310) 363-6000.

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