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
Own civil engineering design decisions end to end for TerraFirma projects, including the authority to stamp and sign drawings Create and review site designs, grading plans, and civil drawings with a focus on getting it right the first time, minimizing the change orders and revisions that plague traditional civil design
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering
- Active PE license
- 8+ years of civil engineering experience, including significant experience owning designs from concept through stamped final drawings
- Deep, hands-on experience with earthwork design, grading, and site civil engineering on real, executed construction projects
- Proven track record of identifying value engineering opportunities that delivered real, measurable cost savings
- Experience working directly with clients or customers on design decisions and cost tradeoffs, not just internal technical teams
More about this role
At TerraFirma, we’re redefining how the world moves earth for construction. Founded by former SpaceX engineers and backed by Kleiner Perkins and 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...
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