SpaceX Operations Engineer for Starbase Infrastructure standardizing work processes across technician shops for site power, HVAC, fluids, and facilities. Owns commissioning and operational readiness for new or modified systems.
Responsibilities
Standardize how work is requested, planned, executed, and closed across all infrastructure shops. One WO / PM / estimate / closeout standard, with documented exceptions where a system (MV electrical, TCEQ water, cryogenic gas, etc.) requires them
Adopt company and site standards (Warp, Foundation, LOTO, MOC, commissioning turnover) and pull in processes from other SpaceX plants where they fit
Choose the fix: software / AI / data, a physical or tooling change, or a personnel skill and behavior standard. Be explicit which lever you are using and why it is the right one for that problem
Define and improve the work-management system: Warp / Foundation work orders, PM and PdM backlog, kitting, as-found / as-left closeout, critical spares. Write WOs to support the initiatives you are driving; supervisors and engineering own daily WO writing and planning releases
Give shops visibility they can staff against: time estimates vs actuals, remaining hours, and which jobs are blocking a customer
Own commissioning and operational-readiness for new or modified systems: punch lists, first PMs, mBOM / spare setup, procedures, and trained turnover to operations
Translate design packages (one-lines, P&IDs, vendor submittals, construction RFPs) into isolation plans, LOTO, work instructions, and hold points the floor can execute
Stand up asset identity for equipment that is still informal: what it is, what feeds it, what PM it gets, where the WO lives
Put numbers on the shops: availability, PM compliance, WO aging, estimate accuracy, contractor vs in-house mix; brief supervisors and site leadership
Write the procedures the shops actually use and teach leads and technicians the standard — you succeed when the shop runs it without you in the room, including the cases that stay unique on purpose
Qualification
2+ years in a process plantHands-on work managementExperience reading P&IDsWorking knowledge of LOTOFamiliarity with at least two ofPractical use of SQL
Required
Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline
1+ years of professional experience in industrial plant, central plant, utilities, facilities, power generation, process operations, or maintenance engineering
Preferred
2+ years in a process plant, municipal or industrial utility, semiconductor or data-center facilities, shipyard, or similar 24/7 plant
Hands-on work management: Warp, Foundation, Maximo, SAP PM, or equivalent CMMS; you can write and close a work order to support an initiative
Experience reading P&IDs, electrical one-lines, and OEM manuals, and writing a procedure a technician can follow on night shift
Experience commissioning or standing up operational-readiness of new equipment (punch list through first PMs and spare setup)
Working knowledge of LOTO, MOC, confined space, and energized / pressurized systems
Familiarity with at least two of: medium-voltage or industrial electrical; HVAC / BMS; industrial gas or compressed air; water / wastewater; rotating equipment
TCEQ public water / wastewater or similar permitted-plant exposure
Practical use of SQL, Power BI, scripting, or AI to remove clerk work from WOs, PMs, and reports, with judgment for when the right answer is a technician skill
