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 launch infrastructure development team, you will work with engineers across multiple disciplines to design, build, and activate our third orbital launch site and the infrastructure required to fly Starship, the most powerful rocket in the world, at a high rate. This position is based in Starbase, Texas (Brownsville / South Padre Island area) until early 2027, when relocation to Louisiana will be required. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline, architecture, or construction management
- 10+ years of construction experience
- Stand: Up to 6 hours per day
- Sit: Up to 6 hours per day
- Push/Pull: Up to ≤ 50 lbs. (unassisted) 15 minutes or less per day
- Overhead reach: Up to 3 hours per day
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.
PRINCIPAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ENGINEER (STARSHIP INFRASTRUCTURE - LOUISIANA)
As a member of the launch infrastructure development team, you will work with engineers across multiple disciplines to design, build, and activate our third orbital launch site and the infrastructure required to fly Starship, the most powerful rocket in the world, at a high rate. This position is based in Starbase, Texas (Brownsville / South Padre Island area) until early 2027, when relocation to Louisiana will be required.
- Own land development and utility projects from early scope through activation, and deliver them on time and on budget
- Build grading, drainage, stormwater management, erosion and sediment control, domestic water, and other underground utilities
- Support site feasibility and conceptual planning, review civil designs and calculations for constructability, and turn them into a buildable sequence and field...
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