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Lead MEP Design Engineer

SpaceX · Hawthorne, CA · On-site

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About SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, a16z and Founders Fund.

About the role

As a member of the critical infrastructure team, you will help design, build, activate and maintain some of the world’s most technically advanced manufacturing facilities. You will be able to operate with autonomy to solve diverse and complex problems, excel at managing multiple projects at a time and work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, structural engineering, or other engineering discipline
  • 5+ years of professional experience as an engineer with a focus in design or build of structural infrastructure
  • Professional Engineering (PE) license
  • This is not a remote or hybrid position and will require relocation if not already local to the Hawthorne, CA area
  • Position occasionally requires the ability to work extended hours and weekends when needed
  • Ability to stand, crawl, stoop, and push or lift up to 30 lbs. unassisted
More about this role

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

As a member of the critical infrastructure team, you will help design, build, activate and maintain some of the world’s most technically advanced manufacturing facilities. You will be able to operate with autonomy to solve diverse and complex problems, excel at managing multiple projects at a time and work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. As a Lead MEP Design Engineer, you will lead a group of elite engineers across multiple disciplines to design, build, and activate infrastructure that will enable orbital launch capability for the largest rocket in the world.

  • Lead multi-disciplinary engineers and third party engineers of record throughout the entirety of the civil, mechanical, electrical, and structural engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning process.
  • Perform both civil and structural design and analysis calculations for structural steel and concrete.
  • Develop and issue...

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