SpaceX Process Safety Engineer at SpaceX Terafab conducts hazard analyses and implements process safety management for advanced chemical and nanotechnology systems. This role performs risk assessments and ensures compliance with safety standards.
Responsibilities
Conduct Process Hazard Analyses (PHAs) of advanced chemical and nanotechnology systems at Terafab and recommend controls to manage risks to the lowest extent practicable
Evaluate equipment overpressure/overtemperature scenarios, exhaust and chemical delivery systems, and chemical heavy processes
Perform/oversee Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), as well as risk assessments and hazard analyses on complex process equipment
Implement and field validate safety-critical instrumentation, controls, and interlocks during Safety Level 1-3 and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews (PSSRs)
Implement a Process Safety Management (PSM) program and ensure compliance with all pillars of PSM
Qualification
Master's degree in chemical engineeringAbility to read and interpret P&IDs
Required
Bachelor's degree in process safety or chemical engineering
3+ years of experience with design and commissioning chemical systems
Preferred
Master's degree in chemical engineering
Ability to read and interpret P&IDs, equipment datasheets, instrumentation diagrams, etc.
Experience with reviewing safety control circuits and calculating safety performance levels
Experience with design and commissioning of process systems for strong acids and bases, pyrophoric and flammable gases, and exotic semiconductor chemistries
Advanced understanding of industry codes, standards, and practices such as ASME, NFPA, ANSI, IBC/IFC, RAGAGEP, etc.
Knowledge of quality tools such as lean manufacturing principles, statistical process control, root cause analysis and corrective action, process failure mode and effects analysis (PFMEA), control plans, What-if evaluations, and various problem solving approaches
Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills
Enthusiasm for the missions of enabling global internet connectivity and multi-planetary life
