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Government Contracts Administrator

TerraFirma · Robot Ranch (Austin, TX) · On-site

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About TerraFirma

TerraFirma is transforming construction through automation and bold engineering—faster, safer, and cheaper. Join us in building the future from Texas. Backed by Kleiner Perkins.

About the role

Support a major U.S. Government program delivering remote-controlled heavy equipment for disaster response and recovery worldwide. You will keep the contract running smoothly by owning invoicing, compliance documentation, and government-required reports and deliverables. Your work helps ensure critical equipment can be deployed and sustained when and where it is needed most.

What they're looking for

  • 2+ years of experience in operations, coordination, finance or administration, or contracts work (government contract experience is a plus)
  • Highly organized and detail-oriented, with comfort owning deadlines and document-heavy workflows
  • Strong spreadsheet skills (Excel or Google Sheets) and ability to reconcile data across sources
  • Able to learn invoice and documentation requirements quickly and apply them consistently
  • Interest in supporting disaster relief, recovery, and mission-driven operations
  • Austin, TX (on-site). If not currently in Austin, relocation is available
More about this role

At TerraFirma, we’re redefining how the world moves earth for construction. Founded by former SpaceX engineers and backed by Bain Capital Ventures, TerraFirma is automating construction to make it faster, cheaper, and safer.

At SpaceX, we were part of the teams that built the largest rocket in human history, launched the largest constellation of satellites ever made, and delivered connectivity to millions of people worldwide. What we learned was simple: infrastructure is everything.

At Starbase, the biggest barrier to launching missions to Mars was not building the rocket. It was how slow, expensive, and complex it was to build the infrastructure around it. We lacked buildings, roads, water, power, communications, and waste management, and constructing them took far more time and resources than it should have.

From a first-principles perspective, that doesn't make sense. It shouldn't be this hard or costly to create the foundations for progress. That’s when we realized something important: the same engineering mindset that enabled us to tackle space exploration and mass manufacturing could be applied to infrastructure. By bringing the principles of simplification, iteration,...

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