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
SpaceX is building and operating combined-cycle gas turbine power plants that must come online, stay online, and perform. This role owns the design and build of the full power plant: gas turbines, mechanical and electrical balance of plant, and everything else that keeps the plant running at rated output, day after day. This is not a desk job. You will be constructing the power plant, owning commissioning in the control room during startup, and in the field troubleshooting. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with utility-scale gas turbines in commissioning, operations, or maintenance roles
- Schedule varies depending on site operational needs, must be willing to work extended hours and/or weekends as business needs require
- Flexibility to travel to other SpaceX sites
- Ability to perform job duties that require standing, kneeling, crouching, twisting upper body, working in cramped positions in small openings and climbing hand over hand
- Stand: 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.
SpaceX is building and operating combined-cycle gas turbine power plants that must come online, stay online, and perform. This role owns the design and build of the full power plant: gas turbines, mechanical and electrical balance of plant, and everything else that keeps the plant running at rated output, day after day. This is not a desk job. You will be constructing the power plant, owning commissioning in the control room during startup, and in the field troubleshooting.
- Support the full lifecycle of gas turbine power generation assets — installation, commissioning, startup, operations, and long-term maintenance
- Lead or support commissioning activities including combustion tuning, control system checkout, protective relay testing, and performance/reliability run verification
- Own root-cause analysis and corrective action for turbine trips, forced outages, and performance degradation; drive fixes...
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