Soft Goods Technician, Cutting (Starfall)

Bloomfield, CTfull time

Remote

entry

H1B: no

SpaceX The Soft Goods Technician, Cutting operates automated cutting equipment to mark and cut textiles for parachutes and other soft goods at SpaceX's Bloomfield site. This role involves setting up jobs, troubleshooting, material handling, and maintaining cutting equipment to ensure quality and repeatability.

Responsibilities

Operate automated cutting tables to mark and cut soft goods to work-order and drawing requirements
Set up jobs including material load, alignment, nesting, and table settings
Troubleshoot minor setup issues to maintain workmanship and repeatability
Pull required material from inventory and kit parts for your own cutting work; kit cut parts to the shop floor as needed
Verify marks and cuts against templates, drawings, and work instructions; identify non-conformances and stop work when results are out of specification
Perform routine table care (cleaning, alignment checks, knife or laser readiness) and report equipment issues that affect cut quality
Perform hand or hot-knife cuts as required
Navigate work orders, clock in and out of operations, and work to the current drawing revision
Keep the cutting area and adjacent shop space organized (5S)
Follow FOD, PPE, and material handling best-practices
Move material and cut kits through the shop and assist with incoming staging or production workflow
Perform light site and equipment upkeep (clean tables, change filters, replace accessible ducting, report facility or machine issues)

Qualification

Experience in aerospaceExperience with 5S

Required

High school diploma or equivalency certificate
1+ years of hands-on experience in a manufacturing or production setting

Preferred

Experience operating an automated cutting table, laser cutter, or CNC machinery (Eastman, Carlson, or similar)
Experience marking and cutting textiles or other soft goods
Experience in production facility inventory management
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, work orders, and specifications
Experience performing machine maintenance
Experience in aerospace, textiles, or industrial sewing
Experience with 5S, FOD control, common practices in manufacturing environment
Experience operating a pallet jack or forklift