Materials R&d Technician - Level 4/5

SpaceX is hiring a Materials R&D Technician (Level 4/5) in Hawthorne, California. This role supports material and process development, failure investigations, and process control validation through hands-on lab operations. Responsibilities include operating mechanical test frames or characterization instruments, performing mechanical testing or characterization work, maintaining lab instrumentation, documenting results, and ensuring lab safety and organization.

Skills and focus areas

• material science fundamentals
• hands-on lab experience
• laboratory equipment operation
• mechanical testing
• tensile testing
• fatigue testing
• compression testing
• characterization instruments
• thermal testing
• imaging
• data summarization
• documentation