Launch Facility Fire Protection Engineer

Spacex; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Fire Protection Engineer based in Hawthorne, CA. You will design, build and maintain fire protection and life safety systems for state-of-the-art facilities, collaborating with engineers, architects and internal customers to solve complex problems and enable production at scale.

You will lead reviews of building and fire codes, perform risk assessments, and support field construction, commissioning and design packages to meet code intent.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline.
• 1+ years of experience in design and construction of fire protection systems.
• Preferred: degree in fire protection engineering.
• Preferred: Professional Engineer license (P.E.).
• Familiarity with Building & Fire Codes and NFPA standards.

Responsibilities

• Support engineering design, analysis, calculations and specifications for facility infrastructure fire and life safety systems.
• Develop building and fire code compliance documents and fire life safety designs for SpaceX launch and production facilities.
• Perform hazardous material analysis for code compliance purposes.
• Support facility construction teams to develop field solutions.
• Support commissioning activities during pre-test and AHJ testing phases for launch site facility builds.
• Conduct fire/life safety code reviews and analyses.
• Prepare and present technical reports and presentations.
• Review and comment on shop drawing design packages developed by contractors.
• Develop AM&M to meet code intent with AHJ.

Skills

Fire protection design

Life safety

Code compliance

Project management

OSHA knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Degree in fire protection engineering

Professional Engineer License (P.E.)

Tools

Autodesk Revit

FDS modeling

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Fire Protection Engineer based in Hawthorne, CA. You will design, build and maintain fire protection and life safety systems for state-of-the-art facilities, collaborating with engineers, architects and internal customers to solve complex problems and enable production at scale.

You will lead reviews of building and fire codes, perform risk assessments, and support field construction, commissioning and design packages to meet code intent.